The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Iakovina Stavrou & Laura Ferris finished 476th of 627 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:36:03.
A station race more than a running one: 62% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 2:19 better against the middle of the field than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:21, behind 91% 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 12:32Running 1 7:38v median +1:11
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 7:19v median +1:40
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Block 03 11:49Running 3 7:11v median +1:18
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 6:51v median +0:54
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Block 05 12:10Running 5 6:50v median +0:48
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Block 06 8:45Running 6 6:43v median +0:44
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 6:27v median +0:27
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Block 08 11:09Running 8 6:40v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:21
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.