The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nora Ward & Karen Mansell finished 555th of 680 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:37:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 29% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:39 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:43 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,085 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:31 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 15:20Running 1 10:09v median +3:47
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Block 02 8:37Running 2 5:50v median +0:15
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Block 03 11:30Running 3 6:03v median +0:15
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Block 04 11:43Running 4 5:46v median −0:06
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Block 05 11:24Running 5 5:58v median +0:01
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 6:04v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 6:07v median +0:12
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Block 08 12:07Running 8 5:56v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:32
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.