The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:33 at Berlin 2026 put Laura Ashling Thompson 507th of 640 women in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 48% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 10% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 6:12. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:00 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Berlin ran slow: the 1,345 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:57 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:36Running 1 3:46v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 4:23v median +0:01
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Block 03 9:44Running 3 4:33v median +0:00
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Block 04 17:17Running 4 4:35v median −0:02
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 4:49v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 4:45v median +0:06
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 4:49v median +0:06
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Block 08 16:41Running 8 7:02v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:28
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 638
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 638 women who finished.