The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jim Rolette finished 372nd of 469 men in the Open division at Chicago 2023, in 1:45:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:08. The race faded late: the second half went 2:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:44Running 1 4:02v median +0:04
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 5:07v median −0:04
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Block 03 14:13Running 3 5:20v median −0:23
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Block 04 13:09Running 4 5:09v median −0:30
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:21v median −0:32
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 5:17v median −0:24
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Block 07 15:06Running 7 5:17v median −0:22
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Block 08 18:02Running 8 5:51v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:41
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.