The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melanie Lessous finished 292nd of 552 women in the Open division at Paris 2025, in 1:37:56.
The runs carried this race: faster than 58% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 35% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:46 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Paris cost the whole field time: about 0:57 more than the average race this season, going by 755 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:43Running 1 4:34v median −0:18
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 5:33v median −0:06
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Block 03 13:00Running 3 5:45v median −0:13
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Block 04 12:18Running 4 5:45v median −0:09
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Block 05 11:13Running 5 5:53v median −0:10
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 5:47v median −0:12
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Block 07 13:22Running 7 6:03v median +0:05
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Block 08 13:53Running 8 6:27v median −0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:44
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 550
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 550 women who finished.