The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ruth Sutton finished 517th of 550 women in the Open division at Phoenix 2026, in 2:10:40.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:54 behind the median. A harder second half: 11:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:09 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
Phoenix gave the field time back: about 1:35 faster than the average race this season, by 551 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:23Running 1 6:33v median +1:00
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Block 02 9:16Running 2 6:27v median +0:55
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Block 03 13:13Running 3 6:38v median +0:50
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Block 04 18:54Running 4 6:42v median +0:53
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Block 05 14:17Running 5 7:21v median +1:16
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Block 06 9:26Running 6 6:51v median +0:52
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Block 07 18:26Running 7 7:25v median +1:25
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Block 08 24:44Running 8 9:09v median +2:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:09
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.