The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shelley Taylor & Jolene Byrne finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 1:12:14 for 56th of 680 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 95% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 66% on the stations. Time in the roxzone, 5:42, was faster than 89% of the field.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,085 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:31 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:34Running 1 5:07v median −1:15
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 4:31v median −1:04
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Block 03 8:40Running 3 4:35v median −1:13
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Block 04 8:58Running 4 4:34v median −1:18
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Block 05 9:54Running 5 4:39v median −1:18
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Block 06 6:14Running 6 4:35v median −1:20
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Block 07 7:57Running 7 4:31v median −1:24
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Block 08 8:47Running 8 4:37v median −1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:42
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 680
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 680 women's teams who finished.