The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Schuller finished 531st of 558 women in the Open division at Rome 2026, in 2:08:11.
The sled pull cost the most time: 2:36 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:25 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Rome cost the whole field time: about 1:52 more than the average race this season, going by 626 athletes who raced both. 15:28 slower than at Cologne 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:28Running 1 7:47v median +1:04
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Block 02 11:33Running 2 6:23v median +1:18
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Block 03 15:57Running 3 7:26v median +2:04
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Block 04 15:51Running 4 7:40v median +2:14
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Block 05 13:48Running 5 7:23v median +1:50
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Block 06 11:29Running 6 7:20v median +1:58
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Block 07 14:47Running 7 7:36v median +2:16
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Block 08 20:01Running 8 11:15v median +5:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:25
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 348
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 348 women who finished.