The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:05:18 at Birmingham 2025 put Mellissa Ripton 773rd of 829 women in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:03. The race faded late: the second half went 5:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 10:14, behind 91% of the field.
The field ran 1:46 faster at Birmingham 2025 than at Cardiff 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:39Running 1 7:40v median +1:41
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Block 02 11:15Running 2 6:37v median +1:25
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Block 03 15:40Running 3 6:41v median +1:13
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Block 04 14:55Running 4 6:43v median +1:12
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Block 05 13:17Running 5 7:03v median +1:23
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Block 06 11:00Running 6 7:04v median +1:32
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Block 07 17:09Running 7 7:06v median +1:34
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Block 08 18:18Running 8 8:08v median +2:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:14
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 825
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 825 women who finished.