The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:24 at Birmingham 2026 put Joanie Needham 115th of 552 women in the Open division, ahead of 79% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 91% of the field across all eight, against 64% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:03 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:01 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 10:35Running 1 5:40v median −0:20
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 4:55v median −0:23
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 5:11v median −0:20
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Block 04 10:07Running 4 5:22v median −0:10
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:28v median −0:11
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:13v median −0:21
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Block 07 9:21Running 7 5:15v median −0:16
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Block 08 9:25Running 8 5:41v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:13
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 551
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 551 women who finished.