The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lizzy Williams finished 316th of 579 women in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:33:45.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 35% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:31 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Helsinki gave the field time back: about 2:57 faster than the average race this season, by 206 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 7:43 on Birmingham 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:32Running 1 6:07v median +0:08
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 5:18v median −0:04
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Block 03 10:48Running 3 5:19v median −0:13
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Block 04 11:59Running 4 5:24v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:54Running 5 5:32v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:34v median −0:01
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Block 07 11:28Running 7 5:25v median −0:10
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Block 08 14:23Running 8 6:28v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:49
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 579
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 579 women who finished.