The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kirsty Cartwright finished 373rd of 552 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:40:02.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:32 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:19 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 11:24Running 1 5:37v median −0:23
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Block 02 9:04Running 2 5:00v median −0:18
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Block 03 12:07Running 3 5:37v median +0:06
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Block 04 14:56Running 4 5:46v median +0:14
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Block 05 11:29Running 5 5:45v median +0:06
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Block 06 8:49Running 6 5:55v median +0:21
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Block 07 11:25Running 7 5:43v median +0:12
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Block 08 13:48Running 8 5:52v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:07
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.