The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Cooper finished 567th of 586 women in the Open division at New York 2026, in 2:40:04.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 10:39 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 12:29 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:00 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
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 13:58Running 1 8:02v median +1:55
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Block 02 11:15Running 2 7:37v median +1:54
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Block 03 14:39Running 3 7:45v median +1:42
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Block 04 25:16Running 4 8:24v median +2:19
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Block 05 17:41Running 5 10:10v median +3:50
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Block 06 12:32Running 6 8:49v median +2:38
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Block 07 26:00Running 7 9:36v median +3:26
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Block 08 24:50Running 8 15:24v median +7:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:00
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.