The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:29 at Birmingham 2026 put melissa littlefair & natasha bradley 371st of 680 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 29% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:10. The race faded late: the second half went 1:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:31 faster than the average race this season, by 2,085 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:17Running 1 6:18v median −0:04
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 5:30v median −0:05
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 5:30v median −0:18
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Block 04 9:57Running 4 5:37v median −0:15
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 5:44v median −0:13
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:51v median −0:04
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 5:54v median −0:01
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 6:00v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:26
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 680
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 680 women's teams who finished.