The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Karen Sweeney finished 233rd of 279 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:54:19.
Legs and stations told different stories: 34% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 4:47. The roxzone cost time: 9:56, behind 89% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:21.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:58Running 1 7:29v median +1:21
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Block 02 9:23Running 2 5:55v median +0:28
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Block 03 13:47Running 3 5:56v median +0:19
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Block 04 17:22Running 4 5:56v median +0:15
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Block 05 11:56Running 5 6:01v median +0:15
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Block 06 8:43Running 6 6:02v median +0:24
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Block 07 12:42Running 7 6:01v median +0:23
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Block 08 17:40Running 8 6:06v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:56
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.