The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tara Kayne finished 376th of 547 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:42:35.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. On the row the field had the edge, by 2:21. A harder second half: 2:57 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 11:48Running 1 5:56v median −0:08
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 5:09v median −0:10
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Block 03 12:58Running 3 5:44v median +0:12
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Block 04 12:47Running 4 5:45v median +0:09
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Block 05 13:40Running 5 5:52v median +0:13
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Block 06 9:26Running 6 5:39v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:26Running 7 5:47v median +0:15
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Block 08 13:56Running 8 6:19v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:23
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.