The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Laura Mercer & Fran Wright crossed the line in 1:24:52: 269th of 627 women's teams, faster than 57% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 66% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 38% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:46 behind the median.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,085 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:31 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:55Running 1 6:10v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 5:13v median −0:26
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 5:18v median −0:35
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Block 04 10:43Running 4 5:22v median −0:35
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 5:31v median −0:31
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:40v median −0:19
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Block 07 10:09Running 7 6:16v median +0:16
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Block 08 10:34Running 8 5:44v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:59
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.