The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Amber Lucas & Claire Curtis crossed the line in 1:21:36: 489th of 1,246 women's teams, faster than 61% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 75% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:45 behind the median.
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 10:26Running 1 5:36v median −0:51
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 4:50v median −0:45
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Block 03 11:05Running 3 5:10v median −0:38
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Block 04 9:39Running 4 5:10v median −0:41
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:11v median −0:44
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Block 06 6:48Running 6 5:15v median −0:40
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Block 07 9:20Running 7 5:27v median −0:29
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Block 08 10:17Running 8 5:33v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:43
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.