The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joanne Phillips finished 480th of 545 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:03:32.
The stations carried this race: faster than 25% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:11 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:45Running 1 7:15v median +1:07
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Block 02 10:12Running 2 7:04v median +1:43
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Block 03 13:06Running 3 7:56v median +2:25
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Block 04 17:09Running 4 7:50v median +2:16
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Block 05 14:44Running 5 8:44v median +3:01
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Block 06 10:21Running 6 7:58v median +2:24
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Block 07 14:23Running 7 8:11v median +2:38
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Block 08 20:42Running 8 10:40v median +4:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:16
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.