The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melanie Oliver finished 150th of 631 women in the Open division at Phoenix 2026, in 1:24:33, faster than 76% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 88% of the field beaten on the runs, 59% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:09 on the median. A harder second half: 1:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 10:00Running 1 4:55v median −0:41
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 4:41v median −0:58
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Block 03 9:48Running 3 4:49v median −1:08
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Block 04 10:19Running 4 4:51v median −1:07
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:02v median −1:12
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Block 06 7:05Running 6 5:00v median −1:03
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Block 07 9:53Running 7 4:58v median −1:06
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Block 08 12:50Running 8 5:17v median −1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:34
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.