The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mellisa Otwell Heaston finished 800th of 1,011 women in the Open division at Tampa 2026, in 1:58:19.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:38. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:25 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Tampa gained about 1:40.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:18Running 1 6:04v median +0:24
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Block 02 12:35Running 2 5:57v median +0:06
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Block 03 13:54Running 3 5:58v median −0:15
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Block 04 17:31Running 4 6:14v median +0:04
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Block 05 12:14Running 5 6:00v median −0:13
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 5:56v median −0:13
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Block 07 12:48Running 7 6:00v median −0:06
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Block 08 19:52Running 8 5:55v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:58
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1003
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,003 women who finished.