The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ruth Gea finished 475th of 613 women in the Open division at Barcelona 2025, in 1:43:54.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 17% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:57 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:05 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
Barcelona cost the whole field time: about 0:52 more than the average race this season, going by 493 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:11Running 1 6:05v median +1:11
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Block 02 9:34Running 2 6:30v median +1:14
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Block 03 12:58Running 3 6:41v median +1:06
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Block 04 12:25Running 4 6:47v median +1:09
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Block 05 12:09Running 5 6:38v median +0:54
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 6:35v median +0:59
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Block 07 13:06Running 7 6:37v median +1:01
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Block 08 12:41Running 8 6:56v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:05
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 604
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 604 women who finished.