The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:36 at Birmingham 2026 put Joanna Smith & Lisa Yabsley 486th of 627 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 48% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:39 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:42 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 12:09Running 1 7:02v median +0:35
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Block 02 8:33Running 2 5:53v median +0:14
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Block 03 11:38Running 3 5:56v median +0:03
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Block 04 12:58Running 4 5:56v median −0:01
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Block 05 11:36Running 5 5:57v median −0:05
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 6:02v median +0:03
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Block 07 11:02Running 7 5:51v median −0:09
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Block 08 13:19Running 8 5:59v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:24
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.