The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:37 at Birmingham 2026 put Victoria Neale & Sophie James 471st of 680 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:21 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:44Running 1 5:47v median −0:35
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 5:30v median −0:05
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Block 03 11:00Running 3 5:51v median +0:03
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Block 04 11:48Running 4 6:01v median +0:09
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Block 05 12:18Running 5 6:03v median +0:06
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 6:04v median +0:09
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Block 07 10:51Running 7 6:02v median +0:07
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 6:12v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
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.