The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lily Whitehead finished 258th of 552 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:31:10, faster than 53% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 42% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:31 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 11:31Running 1 5:49v median −0:11
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 4:54v median −0:24
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Block 03 11:02Running 3 5:18v median −0:13
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Block 04 10:34Running 4 5:22v median −0:10
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 5:23v median −0:16
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 5:04v median −0:30
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 5:10v median −0:21
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Block 08 13:55Running 8 5:28v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:18
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.