The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:12 at Birmingham 2026 put Gemma Hendzel & Abby Hotchkiss 426th of 585 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 20% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:49 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:27 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 11:45Running 1 7:01v median +0:29
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 5:59v median +0:18
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Block 03 14:30Running 3 10:07v median +4:13
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Block 04 11:40Running 4 6:37v median +0:41
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Block 05 11:31Running 5 6:20v median +0:20
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 6:27v median +0:30
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Block 07 12:02Running 7 7:25v median +1:28
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Block 08 10:56Running 8 6:30v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:49
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 585
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 585 women's teams who finished.