The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Katie Nelson finished 371st of 550 women in the Open division at Phoenix 2026, in 1:43:15.
A station race more than a running one: 49% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:42 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:31 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 11:35Running 1 6:18v median +0:45
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 6:04v median +0:32
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Block 03 16:04Running 3 10:21v median +4:33
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Block 04 12:17Running 4 6:22v median +0:33
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 6:28v median +0:23
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 6:22v median +0:23
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Block 07 10:57Running 7 6:11v median +0:11
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Block 08 15:19Running 8 6:56v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:56
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.