The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Charlotte Simm & Natasha Sumner finished 313th of 341 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:47:03.
The runs carried this race: faster than 28% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 2% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:55 behind the median. A harder second half: 12:41 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 11:41Running 1 6:52v median +0:22
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Block 02 8:44Running 2 6:03v median +0:24
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Block 03 11:05Running 3 6:03v median +0:13
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Block 04 11:48Running 4 6:08v median +0:15
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 6:29v median +0:32
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Block 06 9:08Running 6 6:50v median +0:55
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Block 07 16:21Running 7 6:51v median +0:55
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Block 08 17:17Running 8 7:12v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:08
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 340
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 340 women's teams who finished.