The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Smith finished 812th of 1,005 men in the Open division at Houston 2025, in 1:49:55.
On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:23. A harder second half: 6:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:30 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
That was 6:52 off the time at Chicago Navy Pier 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:53Running 1 5:06v median +0:11
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Block 02 9:46Running 2 5:29v median +0:27
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Block 03 12:11Running 3 5:44v median +0:16
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Block 04 14:33Running 4 6:02v median +0:31
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 6:25v median +0:41
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 6:24v median +0:48
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Block 07 16:36Running 7 10:28v median +4:52
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Block 08 15:05Running 8 7:15v median +1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:30
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 993
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 993 men who finished.