The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:54:30 at Birmingham 2026 put Saira Rafi 464th of 552 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:23 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:17 better against the middle of the field than the first. 11:39 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 11:42Running 1 5:59v median −0:01
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Block 02 10:33Running 2 7:00v median +1:42
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Block 03 14:53Running 3 6:31v median +1:00
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Block 04 17:05Running 4 6:04v median +0:32
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Block 05 12:44Running 5 6:12v median +0:33
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Block 06 9:37Running 6 6:58v median +1:24
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Block 07 11:34Running 7 6:17v median +0:46
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Block 08 14:49Running 8 7:01v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:39
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.