The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joanne Neal finished 284th of 829 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:26:30, faster than 66% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 83% of the field beaten on the stations, against 49% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:27 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 2:49 faster at Birmingham 2025 than at Oslo 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:31Running 1 5:32v median −0:27
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 5:13v median +0:01
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 5:29v median +0:01
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Block 04 10:44Running 4 5:32v median +0:01
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:46v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:44Running 6 5:41v median +0:09
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 5:47v median +0:15
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Block 08 12:07Running 8 6:01v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:59
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 825
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 825 women who finished.