The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matilda Beard finished 422nd of 552 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:45:50.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:03 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:09 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 11:49Running 1 6:26v median +0:26
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Block 02 9:53Running 2 5:49v median +0:31
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Block 03 12:23Running 3 6:06v median +0:35
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Block 04 13:37Running 4 6:00v median +0:28
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Block 05 11:49Running 5 6:18v median +0:39
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Block 06 9:01Running 6 6:16v median +0:42
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Block 07 12:18Running 7 6:27v median +0:56
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Block 08 16:53Running 8 7:03v median +1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 551
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 551 women who finished.