The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sarah Ajeddig finished 480th of 552 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:57:01.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:08. A harder second half: 8:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:37 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,285 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:56Running 1 7:11v median +1:11
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Block 02 9:58Running 2 6:32v median +1:14
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Block 03 11:49Running 3 6:34v median +1:03
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Block 04 14:45Running 4 6:23v median +0:51
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Block 05 12:54Running 5 6:59v median +1:20
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Block 06 9:23Running 6 6:57v median +1:23
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Block 07 16:50Running 7 6:42v median +1:11
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Block 08 18:57Running 8 7:26v median +1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:37
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.