The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Selena Jamal finished 231st of 279 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:53:43.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:16 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 12:09Running 1 6:15v median +0:07
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Block 02 10:02Running 2 5:29v median +0:02
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Block 03 12:22Running 3 5:45v median +0:08
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Block 04 16:06Running 4 5:56v median +0:15
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Block 05 12:42Running 5 6:12v median +0:26
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Block 06 8:45Running 6 6:00v median +0:22
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Block 07 14:48Running 7 6:11v median +0:33
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Block 08 19:32Running 8 6:23v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:24
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.