The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:53 at Birmingham 2026 put Joanna Jeffs 461st of 552 women in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 5:25 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:46 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:16 faster at Birmingham 2026 than at London Olympia 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:33Running 1 8:52v median +2:52
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Block 02 9:16Running 2 5:18v median +0:00
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Block 03 12:59Running 3 5:43v median +0:12
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Block 04 16:01Running 4 5:40v median +0:08
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Block 05 12:12Running 5 5:49v median +0:10
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 5:41v median +0:07
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Block 07 16:07Running 7 5:42v median +0:11
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Block 08 15:44Running 8 6:04v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
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.