The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Katie Smith & fiona smith finished 463rd of 680 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:32:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:56 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:05 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:03Running 1 6:20v median −0:02
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 5:58v median +0:23
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 5:53v median +0:05
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 5:52v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 5:59v median +0:02
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 6:19v median +0:24
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 6:04v median +0:09
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Block 08 13:50Running 8 6:22v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:27
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 680
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 680 women's teams who finished.