The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Xia Qu finished 180th of 287 women in the Open division at Rome 2026, in 1:40:47.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:52 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Rome. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:52. 1:02 slower than at Nice 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:10Running 1 6:41v median +0:01
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 4:51v median −0:16
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Block 03 10:51Running 3 5:08v median −0:11
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Block 04 13:34Running 4 5:27v median +0:00
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Block 05 11:41Running 5 5:37v median +0:04
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 5:42v median +0:18
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Block 07 13:01Running 7 5:55v median +0:31
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Block 08 14:30Running 8 6:57v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:50
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.