The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:48 at Berlin 2026 put Melanie Cope Machial 459th of 889 women in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 68% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 30% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:07. A harder second half: 1:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 2:50 slower at Berlin 2026 than at Cardiff 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:13Running 1 3:50v median −0:07
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Block 02 8:04Running 2 4:03v median −0:20
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 4:07v median −0:29
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Block 04 12:06Running 4 4:19v median −0:28
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 4:30v median −0:25
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Block 06 8:04Running 6 4:26v median −0:25
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Block 07 10:25Running 7 4:49v median −0:06
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Block 08 15:29Running 8 7:12v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:25
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 887
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 887 women who finished.