The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sue Grewcock & Linda Aubrey finished 580th of 627 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:51:15.
The runs carried this race: faster than 30% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 1% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:54 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:45 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 13:05Running 1 7:21v median +0:54
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Block 02 8:40Running 2 6:06v median +0:27
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Block 03 13:44Running 3 6:18v median +0:25
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Block 04 14:07Running 4 6:22v median +0:25
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Block 05 12:28Running 5 6:33v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 6:23v median +0:24
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Block 07 11:18Running 7 6:19v median +0:19
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Block 08 20:09Running 8 6:34v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:19
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.