The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Anna Tomlinson finished 502nd of 547 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:07:08.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:39 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:18, behind 87% 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 14:03Running 1 7:51v median +1:47
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Block 02 11:50Running 2 6:35v median +1:16
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Block 03 15:58Running 3 6:52v median +1:20
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Block 04 14:44Running 4 6:34v median +0:58
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Block 05 13:30Running 5 7:23v median +1:44
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Block 06 9:46Running 6 6:22v median +0:52
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Block 07 13:32Running 7 6:31v median +0:59
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Block 08 23:35Running 8 7:56v median +2:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:18
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.