The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lily Hanks finished 469th of 545 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:01:22.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:09 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:56, behind 90% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:21 faster than the average race this season, by 1,285 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:55Running 1 8:02v median +1:54
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Block 02 10:42Running 2 6:51v median +1:30
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Block 03 14:11Running 3 7:17v median +1:46
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Block 04 15:50Running 4 7:11v median +1:37
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Block 05 13:33Running 5 7:13v median +1:30
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Block 06 10:51Running 6 7:14v median +1:40
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Block 07 14:31Running 7 7:17v median +1:44
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Block 08 17:03Running 8 8:22v median +2:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:56
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.