The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Hannah O'connor & Lydia Hobbs crossed the line in 1:23:01: 272nd of 680 women's teams, faster than 60% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:32 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:29 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 11:38Running 1 6:36v median +0:14
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 5:36v median +0:01
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 5:40v median −0:08
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Block 04 10:26Running 4 5:50v median −0:02
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Block 05 11:05Running 5 5:49v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:38v median −0:17
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 5:42v median −0:13
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Block 08 10:13Running 8 5:51v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:18
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 680
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 680 women's teams who finished.