The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Molly Absalom finished 161st of 279 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:36:23.
Legs and stations told different stories: 67% of the field beaten on the runs, 26% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:32 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:57 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,285 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:09Running 1 6:00v median −0:08
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 4:51v median −0:36
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 5:16v median −0:21
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Block 04 11:51Running 4 5:08v median −0:33
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 5:28v median −0:18
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Block 06 8:39Running 6 5:08v median −0:30
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 5:20v median −0:18
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Block 08 14:11Running 8 5:46v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:02
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.