The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Karen Smith took 2nd of 29 in the 50–54 age group at Glasgow 2025, in 1:25:32.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 51% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:50 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Glasgow ran fast: the 891 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:06 quicker here than at their other races. Karen Smith's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 4:21v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 5:54v median +0:02
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Block 03 10:47Running 3 6:11v median +0:04
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Block 04 10:47Running 4 6:05v median −0:03
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Block 05 11:27Running 5 6:16v median −0:06
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Block 06 8:16Running 6 6:20v median +0:06
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Block 07 11:43Running 7 6:21v median +0:07
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Block 08 10:55Running 8 5:16v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:37
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 825
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 825 women who finished.