The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Samantha Kelly & Chanel Du Toit crossed the line in 1:20:30: 444th of 1,246 women's teams, faster than 64% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 40% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:42 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:24 better against the middle of the field 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 10:44Running 1 6:04v median −0:23
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:05v median −0:30
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 5:09v median −0:39
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Block 04 9:57Running 4 5:19v median −0:32
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:07v median −0:48
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Block 06 7:05Running 6 5:12v median −0:43
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Block 07 8:52Running 7 5:20v median −0:36
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Block 08 10:11Running 8 5:29v median −0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:55
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.