The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ellen Hope won the 60–64 age group at Birmingham 2026 in 1:17:23, first of 13.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:53 on the median. A harder second half: 1:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:20, was faster than 96% 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 9:56Running 1 5:04v median −1:00
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 4:19v median −1:00
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Block 03 8:43Running 3 4:37v median −0:55
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Block 04 9:36Running 4 4:42v median −0:54
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 4:47v median −0:52
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Block 06 6:44Running 6 4:45v median −0:45
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Block 07 7:47Running 7 4:34v median −0:58
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Block 08 11:55Running 8 5:03v median −0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:20
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 546
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 546 women who finished.