The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:17 at Birmingham 2026 put Melanie Banham 61st of 547 women in the Open division, ahead of 89% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 73% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:17 ahead of the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:15, was faster than 96% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and London Excel 2025 were 1:37 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:24Running 1 5:11v median −0:53
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 4:23v median −0:56
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 4:26v median −1:06
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Block 04 9:58Running 4 4:23v median −1:13
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 4:25v median −1:14
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Block 06 6:34Running 6 4:19v median −1:11
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Block 07 8:08Running 7 4:22v median −1:10
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Block 08 11:00Running 8 4:37v median −1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:15
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.