The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joanne Burgess finished 301st of 547 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:35:40.
The stations carried this race: faster than 58% of the field across all eight, against 32% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 0:45 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:16 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,285 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 quicker here than at their other races. 2:21 faster than at EMEA London Olympia 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:56Running 1 6:58v median +0:54
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Block 02 9:04Running 2 5:49v median +0:30
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Block 03 12:02Running 3 5:54v median +0:22
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Block 04 12:07Running 4 6:05v median +0:29
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Block 05 11:28Running 5 6:16v median +0:37
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 5:58v median +0:28
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Block 07 10:22Running 7 6:02v median +0:30
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Block 08 13:23Running 8 6:10v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 546
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 546 women who finished.