The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Mark Puch Jr. at Chicago 2023: 1:06:33, 13th of 469 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:19 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:08 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:31, was faster than 99% of the field.
Chicago gave the field time back: about 2:18 faster than the average race this season, by 275 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:12Running 1 2:47v median −1:11
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 3:58v median −1:13
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Block 03 8:25Running 3 4:15v median −1:28
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Block 04 6:37Running 4 4:08v median −1:31
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Block 05 8:48Running 5 4:20v median −1:33
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 4:19v median −1:22
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Block 07 8:04Running 7 4:19v median −1:20
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Block 08 9:42Running 8 4:30v median −1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:31
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 462
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 462 men who finished.