The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:07:18 won the Open division at Birmingham 2026 for Michela Borzoni, first of 279 women.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:40 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:18 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:08, was faster than 96% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:21 faster than the average race this season, by 1,285 athletes who raced both. 1:21 slower than at Barcelona 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:35Running 1 4:06v median −2:02
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Block 02 6:31Running 2 3:56v median −1:31
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Block 03 8:15Running 3 4:11v median −1:26
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Block 04 8:27Running 4 4:09v median −1:32
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Block 05 8:52Running 5 4:07v median −1:39
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Block 06 5:37Running 6 4:05v median −1:33
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Block 07 7:43Running 7 4:11v median −1:27
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Block 08 8:17Running 8 4:04v median −1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:08
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 279
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 279 women who finished.