The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:59 at Bordeaux 2024 put Melissa Ould Youcef 144th of 385 women in the Open division, ahead of 63% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 83% of the field across all eight, against 46% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:15 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:04 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Bordeaux ran slow: the 219 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:52Running 1 6:05v median +0:03
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 5:29v median +0:07
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Block 03 11:04Running 3 5:43v median +0:03
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Block 04 11:20Running 4 5:53v median +0:11
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 5:45v median −0:04
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:44v median +0:03
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Block 07 9:41Running 7 5:59v median +0:16
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Block 08 9:21Running 8 5:58v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:18
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 383
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 383 women who finished.