The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jacky Bufton took 3rd of 10 in the 55–59 age group at Birmingham 2026, in 1:32:06.
The runs carried this race: faster than 79% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 36% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 3:24 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:58 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 11:00Running 1 5:42v median −0:22
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 4:46v median −0:33
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Block 03 13:52Running 3 4:53v median −0:39
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Block 04 11:23Running 4 4:50v median −0:46
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 4:51v median −0:48
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 4:57v median −0:33
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Block 07 9:15Running 7 4:48v median −0:44
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Block 08 13:02Running 8 5:05v median −0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
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.