The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cancun 2026, Lara Shaw & Maria Alejandra Melo crossed the line in 1:30:10: 238th of 671 women's teams, faster than 65% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 94% of the field beaten on the stations, against 46% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 1:39 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 2:58 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cancun cost the whole field time: about 5:48 more than the average race this season, going by 259 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:51Running 1 5:14v median −0:07
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 5:50v median +0:07
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Block 03 9:55Running 3 6:14v median +0:07
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Block 04 10:53Running 4 6:37v median +0:15
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Block 05 12:28Running 5 6:49v median +0:21
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 6:49v median +0:14
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Block 07 9:56Running 7 6:43v median +0:07
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Block 08 11:36Running 8 7:39v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:28
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 635
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 635 women's teams who finished.