The race, in three figures
The race, in words
sonia jones & Liv Jones finished 600th of 680 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:43:05.
A station race more than a running one: 28% of the field beaten on the stations, against 8% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:40 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:26Running 1 6:56v median +0:34
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Block 02 9:07Running 2 7:02v median +1:27
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Block 03 11:49Running 3 7:21v median +1:33
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Block 04 12:59Running 4 7:45v median +1:53
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Block 05 12:56Running 5 8:01v median +2:04
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Block 06 9:16Running 6 7:34v median +1:39
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Block 07 13:24Running 7 7:58v median +2:03
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Block 08 13:39Running 8 8:03v median +2:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:36
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.