The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:30:46 at Birmingham 2026 put Zhenwei Lu 541st of 552 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:57 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 10:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:11 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 13:05Running 1 7:20v median +1:20
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Block 02 11:59Running 2 7:15v median +1:57
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Block 03 18:43Running 3 7:59v median +2:28
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Block 04 21:59Running 4 8:01v median +2:29
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Block 05 14:29Running 5 8:42v median +3:03
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Block 06 12:04Running 6 8:44v median +3:10
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Block 07 21:05Running 7 8:16v median +2:45
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Block 08 27:20Running 8 11:36v median +5:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:11
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.