The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sharon Mambo & Shorai Mafundu finished 497th of 585 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:44:12.
A station race more than a running one: 30% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:11. A harder second half: 3:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 13:06Running 1 7:52v median +1:20
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 6:57v median +1:16
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Block 03 11:51Running 3 7:30v median +1:36
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Block 04 12:40Running 4 7:34v median +1:38
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Block 05 13:19Running 5 7:33v median +1:33
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Block 06 9:26Running 6 7:33v median +1:36
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Block 07 12:48Running 7 7:49v median +1:52
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Block 08 13:46Running 8 9:03v median +3:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:37
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.