The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Zoe Riches finished 362nd of 545 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:42:21.
The stations carried this race: faster than 58% of the field across all eight, against 17% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:44 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 6:18 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 10:25Running 1 5:46v median −0:22
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 5:24v median +0:03
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Block 03 14:33Running 3 9:52v median +4:21
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Block 04 17:27Running 4 9:57v median +4:23
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Block 05 11:25Running 5 6:15v median +0:32
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 6:02v median +0:28
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Block 07 11:29Running 7 5:57v median +0:24
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Block 08 12:57Running 8 6:15v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 544
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 544 women who finished.