The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bea Cortes finished 273rd of 279 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:36:26.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 14:49 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:02 better against the middle of the field than the first. 9:50 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
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 13:38Running 1 6:54v median +0:46
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Block 02 18:43Running 2 7:27v median +2:00
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Block 03 23:03Running 3 10:40v median +5:03
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Block 04 18:15Running 4 8:01v median +2:20
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Block 05 13:59Running 5 7:20v median +1:34
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Block 06 11:58Running 6 7:02v median +1:24
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Block 07 16:47Running 7 8:26v median +2:48
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Block 08 30:20Running 8 8:38v median +2:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:50
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.