The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:21 at Phoenix 2026 put Lizzy Smith 305th of 550 women in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 87% of the field across all eight, against 20% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:37 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:51 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Phoenix gained about 1:35.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:43Running 1 5:33v median +0:00
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Block 02 9:14Running 2 7:28v median +1:56
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Block 03 11:41Running 3 7:32v median +1:44
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Block 04 10:35Running 4 5:28v median −0:21
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Block 05 12:00Running 5 6:38v median +0:33
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:55v median −0:04
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Block 07 9:25Running 7 5:45v median −0:15
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Block 08 18:21Running 8 12:41v median +6:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:37
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 545
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 545 women who finished.