The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:02 at Birmingham 2026 put Maxine Shepherd & Katy Mason 292nd of 627 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 53% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 63% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 38% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 1:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:57Running 1 6:11v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 5:17v median −0:22
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 5:31v median −0:22
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Block 04 10:34Running 4 5:35v median −0:22
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 5:38v median −0:24
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:45v median −0:14
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Block 07 10:00Running 7 5:51v median −0:09
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Block 08 11:08Running 8 6:00v median −0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
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.