The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Katie Howlett & Kaylee Richards crossed the line in 1:21:35: 177th of 585 women's teams, faster than 70% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 92% of the field beaten on the stations, against 48% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:51 on the median. A harder second half: 2:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:31.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:35Running 1 6:11v median −0:21
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 5:45v median +0:04
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Block 03 9:32Running 3 6:07v median +0:13
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Block 04 8:45Running 4 6:01v median +0:05
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 6:12v median +0:12
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 6:13v median +0:16
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Block 07 9:31Running 7 6:07v median +0:10
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Block 08 10:15Running 8 5:58v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:40
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.