The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rachel Byers finished 277th of 317 women in the Open division at Valencia 2025, in 1:56:27.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:03 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:28 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:20 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
Valencia ran slow: the 412 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:02 slower here than at their other races. 9:46 slower than at Boston 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:36Running 1 6:00v median +0:20
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 6:19v median +0:54
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Block 03 15:11Running 3 7:37v median +1:55
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Block 04 14:01Running 4 7:16v median +1:34
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Block 05 12:35Running 5 7:02v median +1:05
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Block 06 9:38Running 6 6:54v median +1:10
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Block 07 16:52Running 7 8:49v median +3:04
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Block 08 16:29Running 8 9:06v median +2:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:20
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.