The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Birmingham 2026, Hannah Dodwell crossed the line in 1:26:16: 167th of 547 women, faster than 70% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 87% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 54% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:10 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:24 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:19Running 1 4:38v median −1:26
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 4:17v median −1:02
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Block 03 10:59Running 3 4:39v median −0:53
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Block 04 11:14Running 4 4:51v median −0:45
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 4:54v median −0:45
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Block 06 7:05Running 6 4:49v median −0:41
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Block 07 8:38Running 7 4:45v median −0:47
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Block 08 12:30Running 8 5:14v median −0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
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.