The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joy Berendsen finished 212th of 317 women in the Open division at Valencia 2025, in 1:41:18.
A station race more than a running one: 53% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:56 on the median. A harder second half: 4:25 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. Joy Berendsen's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:21Running 1 6:07v median +0:27
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Block 02 9:17Running 2 5:51v median +0:26
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Block 03 12:50Running 3 6:29v median +0:47
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Block 04 11:20Running 4 6:42v median +1:00
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Block 05 12:25Running 5 7:07v median +1:10
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Block 06 10:19Running 6 7:13v median +1:29
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Block 07 12:02Running 7 6:57v median +1:12
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Block 08 14:00Running 8 7:37v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:52
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 307
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 307 women who finished.