The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stephanie Ethell & Jo Christensen finished 298th of 585 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:27:20.
Legs and stations told different stories: 67% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:40. A harder second half: 2:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:31.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:06Running 1 6:22v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 5:23v median −0:18
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Block 03 9:51Running 3 5:28v median −0:26
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 5:37v median −0:19
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Block 05 10:49Running 5 5:27v median −0:33
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 5:30v median −0:27
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Block 07 10:28Running 7 5:27v median −0:30
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Block 08 12:00Running 8 5:42v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:43
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.