The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Deville & Rachel Vandervord finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 1:11:48 for 39th of 585 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 95% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 74% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:37 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:01, was faster than 98% of the field.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,085 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:31 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:57Running 1 5:25v median −1:07
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Block 02 6:30Running 2 4:33v median −1:08
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Block 03 8:43Running 3 4:34v median −1:20
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Block 04 8:37Running 4 4:38v median −1:18
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Block 05 9:17Running 5 4:37v median −1:23
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 4:43v median −1:14
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Block 07 7:56Running 7 4:45v median −1:12
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Block 08 9:16Running 8 4:47v median −1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:01
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 585
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 585 women's teams who finished.