The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Helen James finished 296th of 547 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:35:25.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 26% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:22 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:01 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 11:40Running 1 6:10v median +0:06
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 4:59v median −0:20
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Block 03 13:04Running 3 5:07v median −0:25
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Block 04 13:14Running 4 5:07v median −0:29
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Block 05 11:26Running 5 5:09v median −0:30
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 5:10v median −0:20
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 5:13v median −0:19
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Block 08 12:10Running 8 5:19v median −0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:21
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.