The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Rebecca Rowley & Janine Paterson crossed the line in 1:21:30: 486th of 1,246 women's teams, faster than 61% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 71% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 39% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:06. A harder second half: 2:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,085 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:31 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:22Running 1 5:42v median −0:45
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 5:02v median −0:33
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Block 03 9:26Running 3 5:13v median −0:35
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Block 04 9:32Running 4 5:13v median −0:38
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 5:21v median −0:34
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 5:25v median −0:30
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Block 07 10:31Running 7 5:38v median −0:18
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Block 08 10:13Running 8 5:33v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
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.