The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:44:38 at Birmingham 2026 put Katie Smith 391st of 547 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:31 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:02 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. That was 18:25 off the time at Manchester 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:22Running 1 6:45v median +0:41
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Block 02 9:05Running 2 5:58v median +0:39
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Block 03 11:46Running 3 6:16v median +0:44
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Block 04 14:40Running 4 6:26v median +0:50
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Block 05 12:05Running 5 6:26v median +0:47
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 6:00v median +0:30
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Block 07 13:46Running 7 6:12v median +0:40
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Block 08 15:05Running 8 6:33v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:34
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.