The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Mathilde Van Ranst at Toulouse 2026: 1:17:56, 16th of 225 women in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 98% of the field beaten on the stations, against 77% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:20 on the median. A harder second half: 1:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Toulouse gave the field time back: about 1:51 faster than the average race this season, by 536 athletes who raced both. Mathilde Van Ranst's fastest of 9 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:02Running 1 4:14v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 5:17v median −0:22
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Block 03 8:41Running 3 5:07v median −0:51
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Block 04 9:34Running 4 5:10v median −0:46
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Block 05 9:59Running 5 5:20v median −0:51
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 5:18v median −0:38
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Block 07 9:25Running 7 5:24v median −0:37
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Block 08 11:18Running 8 5:41v median −0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:52
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 223
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 223 women who finished.