The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ashleigh Newton finished 278th of 552 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:32:23.
Legs and stations told different stories: 86% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 4:45 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:12 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 10:11Running 1 5:01v median −0:59
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 4:36v median −0:42
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Block 03 14:58Running 3 4:53v median −0:38
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Block 04 10:13Running 4 4:40v median −0:52
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 4:57v median −0:42
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Block 06 6:34Running 6 4:41v median −0:53
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Block 07 10:52Running 7 4:42v median −0:49
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Block 08 13:06Running 8 4:42v median −1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:46
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.