The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hayley Laidlaw finished 260th of 279 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:16:06.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 12:58 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:44 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 12:03Running 1 6:20v median +0:12
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 5:33v median +0:06
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Block 03 13:24Running 3 5:42v median +0:05
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Block 04 25:25Running 4 5:48v median +0:07
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Block 05 12:01Running 5 6:00v median +0:14
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 5:57v median +0:19
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Block 07 22:37Running 7 6:03v median +0:25
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Block 08 23:12Running 8 6:48v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:34
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.