The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kirsty Cleland finished 272nd of 547 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:33:22, faster than 50% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 68% of the field across all eight, against 36% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:48 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:38 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,285 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:32Running 1 5:45v median −0:19
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Block 02 12:20Running 2 9:20v median +4:01
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 5:02v median −0:30
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Block 04 11:21Running 4 5:07v median −0:29
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:27v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 5:20v median −0:10
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Block 07 9:44Running 7 5:29v median −0:03
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Block 08 13:21Running 8 6:41v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:31
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.