The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joanne Davies finished 456th of 545 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:57:07.
The runs carried this race: faster than 45% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:36 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:28 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:21. That was 2:21 off the time at Cologne 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:12Running 1 6:19v median +0:11
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Block 02 9:38Running 2 5:41v median +0:20
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Block 03 14:57Running 3 5:42v median +0:11
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Block 04 15:56Running 4 5:33v median −0:01
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Block 05 12:30Running 5 5:55v median +0:12
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Block 06 8:51Running 6 5:40v median +0:06
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Block 07 14:12Running 7 5:51v median +0:18
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Block 08 19:22Running 8 5:55v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:38
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.