The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Riga 2025, Sonata Ilijonskiene crossed the line in 1:23:58: 73rd of 291 women, faster than 75% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 82% of the field beaten on the runs, 61% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:43 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:46 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Riga cost the whole field time: about 2:22 more than the average race this season, going by 174 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 4:02v median −0:35
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 6:10v median +0:33
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Block 03 10:04Running 3 4:57v median −1:00
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Block 04 11:33Running 4 5:02v median −1:03
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Block 05 10:36Running 5 5:19v median −0:59
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:21v median −0:46
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Block 07 9:17Running 7 5:10v median −1:00
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Block 08 12:00Running 8 5:57v median −0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:38
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 289
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 289 women who finished.