The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:55 at New York 2025 put Jay O’Connor 844th of 1,462 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 60% of the field across all eight, against 31% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:34 on the median. A harder second half: 3:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
New York ran fast: the 990 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:30 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 4:41v median −0:27
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 5:18v median +0:24
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 5:14v median +0:07
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Block 04 11:08Running 4 5:17v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:36v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:25v median +0:02
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Block 07 8:58Running 7 5:12v median −0:11
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Block 08 19:41Running 8 11:50v median +4:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:57
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.