The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gizem Croft finished 228th of 424 women in the Open division at Bologna 2026, in 1:31:45.
A station race more than a running one: 65% of the field beaten on the stations, against 27% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:16 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:08 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Bologna gained about 2:51.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:29Running 1 6:09v median +1:09
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Block 02 8:48Running 2 6:08v median +0:59
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 5:55v median +0:29
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Block 04 11:08Running 4 5:44v median +0:21
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Block 05 11:27Running 5 6:00v median +0:34
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 5:54v median +0:30
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Block 07 9:41Running 7 5:50v median +0:31
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Block 08 12:15Running 8 6:14v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 422
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 422 women who finished.