The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brian Balfour finished 699th of 814 men in the Open division at Chicago Navy Pier 2024, in 1:49:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 5:32 slower than the median. A harder second half: 9:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Chicago Navy Pier gained about 1:28.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:35Running 1 3:53v median +0:05
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 5:03v median −0:04
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 5:51v median +0:15
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Block 04 16:07Running 4 6:11v median +0:36
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Block 05 11:25Running 5 6:25v median +0:40
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Block 06 10:14Running 6 6:11v median +0:33
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Block 07 17:14Running 7 6:22v median +0:44
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Block 08 17:56Running 8 7:30v median +1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
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.