The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Elly Phillips finished 33rd of 279 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:19:14, faster than 88% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 96% of the field beaten on the runs, 62% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:08 behind the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:56, was faster than 99% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:51Running 1 4:46v median −1:22
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 4:09v median −1:18
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Block 03 9:09Running 3 4:21v median −1:16
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 4:27v median −1:14
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 4:32v median −1:14
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Block 06 6:23Running 6 4:17v median −1:21
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Block 07 10:46Running 7 4:26v median −1:12
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Block 08 10:40Running 8 4:36v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:56
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.