The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sierra Baker took 3rd of 52 in the 16–24 age group at New York 2024, in 1:18:00.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:25 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:32 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:55, was faster than 92% of the field.
New York cost the whole field time: about 2:02 more than the average race this season, going by 340 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:46Running 1 3:02v median −1:06
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 4:36v median −1:17
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Block 03 8:55Running 3 4:56v median −1:14
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Block 04 10:55Running 4 4:56v median −1:24
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:05v median −1:37
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 5:23v median −1:05
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Block 07 9:25Running 7 5:24v median −1:11
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Block 08 8:55Running 8 5:38v median −1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:55
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 585
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 585 women who finished.