The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Fran Stringer & Claire Stockley at Birmingham 2026: 1:09:22, 84th of 1,246 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 97% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 62% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 1:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:21, was faster than 91% of the field.
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 9:17Running 1 4:42v median −1:45
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Block 02 6:19Running 2 4:06v median −1:29
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Block 03 7:57Running 3 4:14v median −1:34
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Block 04 8:30Running 4 4:17v median −1:34
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Block 05 9:18Running 5 4:25v median −1:30
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 4:18v median −1:37
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Block 07 7:57Running 7 4:15v median −1:41
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Block 08 8:35Running 8 4:16v median −1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
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.