The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Lucy Blackbourn & Sarah Medley crossed the line in 1:22:17: 213th of 627 women's teams, faster than 66% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 78% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 43% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:36 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:15 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:31.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:58Running 1 6:13v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:20Running 2 5:11v median −0:28
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 5:16v median −0:37
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Block 04 10:03Running 4 5:15v median −0:42
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:08v median −0:54
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 5:16v median −0:43
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Block 07 9:40Running 7 5:17v median −0:43
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Block 08 9:42Running 8 5:15v median −0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 626
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 626 women's teams who finished.