The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wendy Derbyshire & Lyndsay Ashurst finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 1:10:37 for 114th of 1,246 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 96% of the field beaten on the runs, 61% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:36. Time in the roxzone, 5:15, was faster than 93% of the field.
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 9:38Running 1 5:04v median −1:23
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 4:21v median −1:14
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Block 03 8:16Running 3 4:28v median −1:20
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 4:23v median −1:28
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Block 05 9:20Running 5 4:21v median −1:34
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Block 06 5:52Running 6 4:20v median −1:35
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Block 07 8:49Running 7 4:26v median −1:30
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Block 08 8:34Running 8 4:26v median −1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:15
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 833
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 833 women's teams who finished.