The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Amber Walton & Cecilia Pesaresi crossed the line in 1:25:21: 276th of 627 women's teams, faster than 56% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 97% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:33 on the median. A harder second half: 1:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:12Running 1 5:41v median −0:46
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 6:47v median +1:08
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 7:02v median +1:09
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Block 04 9:11Running 4 6:09v median +0:12
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Block 05 12:05Running 5 7:14v median +1:12
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 6:22v median +0:23
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Block 07 10:19Running 7 7:45v median +1:45
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Block 08 10:01Running 8 6:24v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
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.