The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Erin Ireland won the 40–44 age group at Phoenix 2026 in 1:08:28, first of 89.
A station race more than a running one: 99% of the field beaten on the stations, against 77% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 2:31 ahead of the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:36, was faster than 98% 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 9:01Running 1 4:17v median −1:19
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Block 02 5:44Running 2 4:06v median −1:33
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Block 03 7:49Running 3 4:24v median −1:33
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Block 04 8:28Running 4 4:22v median −1:36
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 4:37v median −1:37
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Block 06 6:13Running 6 4:36v median −1:27
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Block 07 7:37Running 7 4:30v median −1:34
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Block 08 9:27Running 8 4:48v median −1:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:36
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 626
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 626 women who finished.