The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Helen Price & Tanya Sharples finished 564th of 680 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:38:55.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:33 on the median. On the row the field had the edge, by 0:34.
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 13:09Running 1 8:10v median +1:48
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 6:49v median +1:14
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Block 03 11:31Running 3 7:25v median +1:37
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Block 04 11:41Running 4 7:22v median +1:30
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Block 05 12:54Running 5 7:09v median +1:12
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Block 06 9:11Running 6 7:32v median +1:37
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Block 07 11:13Running 7 8:00v median +2:05
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Block 08 11:52Running 8 7:10v median +1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:41
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.