The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Sam Rao at New York 2025: 1:08:20, 64th of 1,462 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 97% of the field across all eight, against 68% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:56 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:05 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both New York 2025 and Washington - North American Championships 2024 were 7:00 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:24Running 1 4:21v median −0:47
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Block 02 6:24Running 2 4:20v median −0:34
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Block 03 8:15Running 3 4:33v median −0:34
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Block 04 8:11Running 4 4:27v median −0:47
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Block 05 8:46Running 5 4:31v median −0:59
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Block 06 6:13Running 6 4:27v median −0:56
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Block 07 8:21Running 7 4:43v median −0:40
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Block 08 10:02Running 8 6:04v median −1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:52
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 730
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 730 men who finished.