The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samantha Paddock finished 386th of 552 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:41:55.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:06 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:21.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:40Running 1 5:57v median −0:03
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 5:00v median −0:18
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Block 03 11:30Running 3 5:17v median −0:14
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Block 04 12:25Running 4 5:25v median −0:07
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Block 05 11:49Running 5 5:49v median +0:10
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Block 06 9:14Running 6 5:52v median +0:18
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Block 07 13:00Running 7 5:54v median +0:23
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Block 08 15:33Running 8 6:44v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
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.