The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laura Farniok took 3rd of 70 in the 25–29 age group at Valencia 2025, in 1:12:10.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:23 on the median. A harder second half: 2:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:21, was faster than 99% of the field.
Valencia cost the whole field time: about 1:02 more than the average race this season, going by 412 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:10Running 1 4:39v median −0:59
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Block 02 6:28Running 2 4:15v median −1:07
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Block 03 8:54Running 3 4:37v median −1:04
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Block 04 8:23Running 4 4:30v median −1:15
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 4:42v median −1:14
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Block 06 6:17Running 6 4:29v median −1:17
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Block 07 7:50Running 7 4:28v median −1:16
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Block 08 11:30Running 8 4:48v median −1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:21
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 383
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 383 women who finished.