The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:59:38 at Birmingham 2026 put Emma Thompson 245th of 279 women in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 29% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 8:45 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:05Running 1 6:46v median +0:38
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Block 02 9:18Running 2 5:46v median +0:19
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Block 03 13:55Running 3 6:10v median +0:33
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Block 04 17:41Running 4 6:05v median +0:24
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Block 05 12:26Running 5 6:11v median +0:25
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 6:09v median +0:31
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Block 07 13:31Running 7 6:11v median +0:33
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Block 08 22:37Running 8 6:59v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:35
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.