The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sim Lamb finished 287th of 545 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:34:25.
The runs carried this race: faster than 60% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 39% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:54 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:16 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:21 faster than the average race this season, by 1,285 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:30Running 1 5:27v median −0:41
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Block 02 7:07Running 2 4:54v median −0:27
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Block 03 11:13Running 3 5:10v median −0:21
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Block 04 14:18Running 4 5:32v median −0:02
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 5:35v median −0:08
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 5:32v median −0:02
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Block 07 11:43Running 7 5:29v median −0:04
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Block 08 13:20Running 8 5:43v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:23
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 544
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 544 women who finished.