The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Chapman finished in the top 10% of the field at Chicago 2023, in 1:07:48 for 24th of 469 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:49 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:07 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 5:11, ahead of 95% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Chicago gained about 2:18.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:52Running 1 3:00v median −0:58
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Block 02 7:02Running 2 4:13v median −0:58
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Block 03 10:18Running 3 6:09v median +0:26
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Block 04 7:43Running 4 5:05v median −0:34
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 5:10v median −0:43
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Block 06 6:40Running 6 5:03v median −0:38
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Block 07 6:43Running 7 4:27v median −1:12
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Block 08 8:04Running 8 4:42v median −1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:11
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.