The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dawn Darby & DEBORAH FIRTH finished 553rd of 680 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:37:39.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:45 slower than the median.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:31 faster than the average race this season, by 2,085 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:28Running 1 7:27v median +1:05
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 6:00v median +0:25
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 5:58v median +0:10
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Block 04 12:37Running 4 5:55v median +0:03
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 5:59v median +0:02
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 6:06v median +0:11
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Block 07 12:32Running 7 6:01v median +0:06
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Block 08 11:57Running 8 6:02v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:23
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.