The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marilou Van Iersel finished 258th of 388 women in the Open division at Valencia 2025, in 1:41:34.
The stations carried this race: faster than 44% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:15. A harder second half: 4:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:26Running 1 6:11v median +0:33
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Block 02 9:19Running 2 5:57v median +0:35
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Block 03 11:14Running 3 6:12v median +0:31
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Block 04 13:34Running 4 6:17v median +0:32
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Block 05 12:15Running 5 6:39v median +0:43
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Block 06 9:26Running 6 6:33v median +0:47
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Block 07 13:04Running 7 6:48v median +1:04
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Block 08 14:03Running 8 7:43v median +1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:21
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.