The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:10 at Brisbane 2026 put Simone Donald 82nd of 557 women in the Open division, ahead of 85% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 51% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:00 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:36 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Brisbane gave the field time back: about 1:15 faster than the average race this season, by 360 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:59Running 1 3:51v median −0:54
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Block 02 6:58Running 2 4:10v median −1:10
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Block 03 10:28Running 3 4:24v median −1:16
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Block 04 10:34Running 4 4:14v median −1:27
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 4:18v median −1:27
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Block 06 6:44Running 6 4:19v median −1:22
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Block 07 7:51Running 7 4:14v median −1:24
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Block 08 10:30Running 8 4:29v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:22
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 554
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 554 women who finished.