The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Valentina Biasucci finished 146th of 287 women in the Open division at Rome 2026, in 1:35:43.
The stations carried this race: faster than 62% of the field across all eight, against 37% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:13 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:24 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Rome cost the whole field time: about 1:52 more than the average race this season, going by 626 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:56Running 1 6:22v median −0:18
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 5:10v median +0:03
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Block 03 12:24Running 3 5:58v median +0:39
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Block 04 12:25Running 4 5:58v median +0:31
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Block 05 11:26Running 5 5:38v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:34v median +0:10
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Block 07 9:46Running 7 5:45v median +0:21
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Block 08 14:15Running 8 8:00v median +1:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:49
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 286
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 286 women who finished.