The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexandra Ferguson finished 473rd of 547 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:57:02.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:28 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,285 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 quicker here than at their other races. That was 0:27 off the time at Rotterdam 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:06Running 1 7:36v median +1:32
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Block 02 10:15Running 2 6:33v median +1:14
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Block 03 12:00Running 3 6:35v median +1:03
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Block 04 14:22Running 4 6:41v median +1:05
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Block 05 12:50Running 5 6:59v median +1:20
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Block 06 9:49Running 6 6:55v median +1:25
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Block 07 17:24Running 7 6:53v median +1:21
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Block 08 18:04Running 8 8:19v median +2:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:19
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.