The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michelle Newberry finished 438th of 545 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:54:39.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:04 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 12:16Running 1 6:39v median +0:31
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Block 02 9:31Running 2 5:59v median +0:38
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Block 03 13:39Running 3 6:50v median +1:19
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Block 04 15:35Running 4 7:25v median +1:51
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Block 05 13:14Running 5 7:06v median +1:23
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 6:40v median +1:06
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Block 07 14:45Running 7 6:36v median +1:03
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Block 08 17:00Running 8 7:17v median +1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:04
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 544
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 544 women who finished.