The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laura Masson & Lori Shaw finished 439th of 627 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:33:34.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:12 better against the middle of the field than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:37, behind 92% of the field.
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 10:56Running 1 6:03v median −0:24
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 5:36v median −0:03
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 5:44v median −0:09
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Block 04 11:45Running 4 6:19v median +0:22
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Block 05 11:35Running 5 5:55v median −0:07
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 6:24v median +0:25
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Block 07 10:44Running 7 6:14v median +0:14
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Block 08 11:20Running 8 6:14v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:37
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.