The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:05:24 at Birmingham 2026 put Elizabeth Smith 498th of 547 women in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:34. A harder second half: 8:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:25 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,285 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:11Running 1 6:54v median +0:50
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Block 02 10:02Running 2 6:32v median +1:13
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Block 03 13:48Running 3 6:57v median +1:25
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Block 04 18:10Running 4 6:52v median +1:16
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Block 05 13:14Running 5 7:09v median +1:30
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Block 06 11:23Running 6 7:24v median +1:54
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Block 07 18:19Running 7 7:42v median +2:10
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Block 08 18:00Running 8 8:43v median +2:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:25
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.