The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Cooper finished 492nd of 814 men in the Open division at Chicago Navy Pier 2024, in 1:32:20.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:50 on the median. A harder second half: 4:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Chicago Navy Pier gave the field time back: about 1:28 faster than the average race this season, by 529 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:26Running 1 4:04v median +0:16
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:32v median +0:25
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Block 03 11:07Running 3 6:36v median +1:00
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Block 04 11:35Running 4 6:35v median +1:00
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 6:33v median +0:48
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 6:19v median +0:41
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Block 07 12:14Running 7 7:44v median +2:06
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Block 08 13:57Running 8 7:08v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 803
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 803 men who finished.