The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michelle Berry finished 546th of 552 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:43:33.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 12:44 behind the median. A harder second half: 16:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:20 in the roxzone was slower than 97% 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 13:45Running 1 8:23v median +2:23
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Block 02 13:35Running 2 8:28v median +3:10
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Block 03 17:23Running 3 8:54v median +3:23
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Block 04 23:16Running 4 9:32v median +4:00
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Block 05 17:19Running 5 10:51v median +5:12
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Block 06 13:13Running 6 10:29v median +4:55
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Block 07 28:34Running 7 10:50v median +5:19
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Block 08 24:16Running 8 14:27v median +8:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:20
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.