The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gemma Holmes finished 428th of 547 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:49:28.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:45 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:13 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:21 faster than the average race this season, by 1,285 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:46Running 1 6:12v median +0:08
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Block 02 9:39Running 2 5:45v median +0:26
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Block 03 12:53Running 3 6:23v median +0:51
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Block 04 13:58Running 4 6:19v median +0:43
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Block 05 11:59Running 5 6:14v median +0:35
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 6:22v median +0:52
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Block 07 13:15Running 7 6:27v median +0:55
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Block 08 15:42Running 8 7:00v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:13
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 546
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 546 women who finished.