The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laura Harding finished 272nd of 279 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:35:47.
The wall balls cost the most time: 9:45 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 6:45 better against the middle of the field than the first. 10:21 in the roxzone was slower than 91% 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 13:23Running 1 7:25v median +1:17
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Block 02 15:22Running 2 10:35v median +5:08
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Block 03 20:32Running 3 11:28v median +5:51
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Block 04 26:44Running 4 10:40v median +4:59
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Block 05 14:23Running 5 8:00v median +2:14
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Block 06 11:33Running 6 8:08v median +2:30
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Block 07 17:53Running 7 8:19v median +2:41
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Block 08 25:42Running 8 9:04v median +3:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:21
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.