The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gillian Clarke finished 439th of 829 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:33:30.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 39% on the stations. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 1:43. A harder second half: 4:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:55Running 1 6:20v median +0:21
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 4:57v median −0:15
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Block 03 11:22Running 3 5:09v median −0:19
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Block 04 10:28Running 4 5:13v median −0:18
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Block 05 12:04Running 5 5:45v median +0:05
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 5:23v median −0:09
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Block 07 11:11Running 7 5:09v median −0:23
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Block 08 12:08Running 8 5:13v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
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.