The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:39 at Birmingham 2026 put Lydia Hamilton Smith & Lucy Walton 414th of 627 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:14 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,085 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:31 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:25Running 1 6:07v median −0:20
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 5:13v median −0:26
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Block 03 10:52Running 3 5:27v median −0:26
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Block 04 11:58Running 4 5:23v median −0:34
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Block 05 11:03Running 5 5:25v median −0:37
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:36v median −0:23
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 5:35v median −0:25
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Block 08 12:38Running 8 5:43v median −0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:21
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 626
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 626 women's teams who finished.