The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexa Smith finished 1,164th of 1,290 women in the Open division at Boston 2025, in 2:04:22.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:43. A harder second half: 9:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:59, behind 93% of the field.
Boston gave the field time back: about 2:20 faster than the average race this season, by 670 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:27Running 1 7:11v median +0:34
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Block 02 9:53Running 2 6:53v median +1:24
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Block 03 14:00Running 3 6:37v median +0:51
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Block 04 14:15Running 4 6:59v median +1:10
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Block 05 14:27Running 5 8:20v median +2:25
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Block 06 9:44Running 6 7:14v median +1:26
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Block 07 17:01Running 7 7:40v median +1:58
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Block 08 20:46Running 8 8:58v median +2:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:59
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1268
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,268 women who finished.