The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christine Connolly finished 225th of 317 women in the Open division at Valencia 2025, in 1:44:00.
A station race more than a running one: 41% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:22. The race faded late: the second half went 4:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 13:12Running 1 8:05v median +2:25
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 5:32v median +0:07
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Block 03 10:35Running 3 5:47v median +0:05
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Block 04 13:35Running 4 5:58v median +0:16
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Block 05 14:08Running 5 8:54v median +2:57
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Block 06 8:56Running 6 6:24v median +0:40
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Block 07 11:47Running 7 6:23v median +0:38
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Block 08 15:37Running 8 7:01v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:53
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.