The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sarah Fallon & Saira Mendez-Laing finished 102nd of 341 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:18:46, faster than 70% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 78% of the field beaten on the runs, 47% on the stations. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:16 of the median.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:31.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:38Running 1 5:43v median −0:47
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 5:23v median −0:16
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 5:27v median −0:23
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Block 04 9:05Running 4 5:03v median −0:50
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:02v median −0:55
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Block 06 6:42Running 6 4:54v median −1:01
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Block 07 8:54Running 7 5:05v median −0:51
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Block 08 10:04Running 8 5:29v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:02
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 340
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 340 women's teams who finished.