The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laura Wood & Phoebe Pearce finished 614th of 680 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:44:54.
A station race more than a running one: 30% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:59 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 12:28Running 1 7:35v median +1:13
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Block 02 9:27Running 2 7:20v median +1:45
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 7:50v median +2:02
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Block 04 12:49Running 4 7:39v median +1:47
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Block 05 13:13Running 5 8:09v median +2:12
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Block 06 10:05Running 6 7:55v median +2:00
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Block 07 12:45Running 7 8:00v median +2:05
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Block 08 13:44Running 8 8:24v median +2:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:37
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.