The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Jaimie Ferreira & Sophie McCafferty crossed the line in 1:23:15: 216th of 585 women's teams, faster than 63% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 73% of the field across all eight, against 53% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:53 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:31 faster than the average race this season, by 2,085 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:45Running 1 6:01v median −0:31
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 5:19v median −0:22
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Block 03 9:58Running 3 6:04v median +0:10
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Block 04 9:49Running 4 6:07v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 5:58v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:55v median −0:02
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Block 07 9:43Running 7 5:54v median −0:03
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Block 08 10:22Running 8 6:06v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:58
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.