The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lauren Hay finished 188th of 547 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:27:37, faster than 66% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 79% of the field beaten on the stations, against 46% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:37 on the median. A harder second half: 1:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:21 faster than the average race this season, by 1,285 athletes who raced both. Lauren Hay's fastest of 4 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:46Running 1 5:54v median −0:10
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 5:27v median +0:08
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 5:44v median +0:12
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Block 04 10:55Running 4 5:45v median +0:09
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 6:02v median +0:23
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Block 06 8:08Running 6 5:41v median +0:11
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Block 07 10:23Running 7 5:34v median +0:02
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Block 08 11:38Running 8 5:40v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:09
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.