The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Gu finished 1,371st of 1,463 men in the Open division at Boston 2025, in 2:05:27.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 18:24. The race faded late: the second half went 17:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:14 in the roxzone was slower than 89% of the field.
Boston ran fast: the 807 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:03 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:10Running 1 7:07v median +1:15
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 5:48v median +0:56
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Block 03 13:09Running 3 6:10v median +0:53
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Block 04 13:08Running 4 6:26v median +1:11
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:25v median +0:58
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Block 06 9:48Running 6 6:19v median +1:01
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Block 07 12:59Running 7 7:21v median +2:07
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Block 08 33:25Running 8 7:08v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1443
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,443 men who finished.