The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chelsea Guest finished 538th of 545 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:35:59.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 10:20 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:51 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:21 faster than the average race this season, by 1,285 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:48Running 1 8:50v median +2:42
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Block 02 12:47Running 2 8:46v median +3:25
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Block 03 18:06Running 3 9:13v median +3:42
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Block 04 23:42Running 4 9:00v median +3:26
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Block 05 15:03Running 5 9:03v median +3:20
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Block 06 12:14Running 6 9:08v median +3:34
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Block 07 20:14Running 7 9:12v median +3:39
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Block 08 27:20Running 8 10:09v median +4:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:51
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 544
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 544 women who finished.