The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Suranne Cave finished 252nd of 547 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:31:53, faster than 54% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 40% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 3:03 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:28Running 1 5:45v median −0:19
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Block 02 9:20Running 2 5:44v median +0:25
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Block 03 11:25Running 3 6:30v median +0:58
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Block 04 9:37Running 4 5:53v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:54Running 5 5:47v median +0:08
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 5:50v median +0:20
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Block 07 10:58Running 7 5:39v median +0:07
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Block 08 14:00Running 8 6:14v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:06
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 546
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 546 women who finished.