The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Poppy Ellis & Isobel Gardiner finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 1:03:32 for 17th of 1,246 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:18 on the median. A harder second half: 1:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:42, was faster than 98% 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 8:54Running 1 4:33v median −1:54
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Block 02 5:43Running 2 3:42v median −1:53
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Block 03 7:34Running 3 4:02v median −1:46
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Block 04 7:00Running 4 3:56v median −1:55
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Block 05 8:55Running 5 3:58v median −1:57
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Block 06 5:46Running 6 4:03v median −1:52
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Block 07 7:24Running 7 4:20v median −1:36
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Block 08 7:41Running 8 4:09v median −1:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:42
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.