The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Phoenix 2026, Melissa Edwards crossed the line in 1:20:35: 88th of 631 women, faster than 86% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:22 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:35 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:21, was faster than 89% of the field.
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 9:30Running 1 4:38v median −0:58
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 4:41v median −0:58
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Block 03 10:12Running 3 4:55v median −1:02
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Block 04 11:06Running 4 5:10v median −0:48
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:11v median −1:03
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 5:07v median −0:56
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Block 07 10:17Running 7 5:04v median −1:00
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Block 08 9:42Running 8 5:14v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
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.