The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Carmen Yau finished in the top 10% of the field at New York 2026, in 1:22:08 for 54th of 586 women in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 97% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 75% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:33 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:39 better against the middle of the field than the first.
New York cost the whole field time: about 2:27 more than the average race this season, going by 1,530 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:56Running 1 4:53v median −1:14
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 4:20v median −1:23
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 4:32v median −1:31
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 4:37v median −1:28
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 4:47v median −1:33
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 4:39v median −1:32
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Block 07 8:59Running 7 4:25v median −1:45
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Block 08 11:37Running 8 5:40v median −2:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:27
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 573
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 573 women who finished.