The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melanie Harris finished 434th of 578 women in the Open division at Cancun 2026, in 2:03:33.
A station race more than a running one: 55% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:15 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cancun cost the whole field time: about 7:23 more than the average race this season, going by 255 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:30Running 1 5:52v median +0:56
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Block 02 11:13Running 2 6:02v median +0:25
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Block 03 15:31Running 3 7:48v median +1:36
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Block 04 17:46Running 4 9:09v median +2:48
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Block 05 15:39Running 5 9:30v median +3:01
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Block 06 11:41Running 6 9:07v median +2:43
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Block 07 13:14Running 7 9:04v median +2:44
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Block 08 17:32Running 8 9:56v median +2:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:35
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 549
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 549 women who finished.