The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tilly Watkins finished 532nd of 552 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:17:06.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 11:41. The race faded late: the second half went 5:45 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:39 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:21.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:07Running 1 7:26v median +1:26
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Block 02 11:20Running 2 6:36v median +1:18
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Block 03 17:45Running 3 7:25v median +1:54
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Block 04 17:48Running 4 7:14v median +1:42
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Block 05 13:02Running 5 7:12v median +1:33
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Block 06 11:14Running 6 7:24v median +1:50
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Block 07 15:55Running 7 7:38v median +2:07
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Block 08 26:23Running 8 7:55v median +2:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:39
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 551
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 551 women who finished.