The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:55 at Birmingham 2026 put Fiona Jones & Hannah Madge-Davies 387th of 585 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:32 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:46 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:31 faster than the average race this season, by 2,085 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:29Running 1 6:44v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 5:36v median −0:05
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Block 03 10:28Running 3 5:54v median +0:00
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Block 04 12:00Running 4 6:04v median +0:08
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Block 05 11:50Running 5 6:13v median +0:13
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 6:06v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:30Running 7 6:10v median +0:13
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Block 08 11:46Running 8 6:30v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:43
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 585
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 585 women's teams who finished.