The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Franziska Brüske finished 130th of 775 women in the Open division at Gdansk 2026, in 1:21:29, faster than 83% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 92% of the field beaten on the runs, 56% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:16, was faster than 97% of the field.
Gdansk gave the field time back: about 2:15 faster than the average race this season, by 344 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 3:43v median −0:45
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 4:28v median −1:05
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 4:46v median −1:05
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Block 04 10:46Running 4 4:54v median −0:54
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 4:51v median −1:04
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Block 06 7:08Running 6 4:40v median −1:08
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 4:35v median −1:11
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Block 08 11:36Running 8 5:27v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:16
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 774
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 774 women who finished.