The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:42 at Birmingham 2026 put Lucy Donnelly & Gemma Testa 702nd of 1,246 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 57% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:52. The race faded late: the second half went 2:14 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:59Running 1 6:04v median −0:23
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 5:28v median −0:07
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 5:41v median −0:07
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 5:40v median −0:11
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Block 05 11:44Running 5 5:45v median −0:10
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 5:43v median −0:12
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Block 07 10:20Running 7 5:41v median −0:15
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Block 08 10:57Running 8 5:45v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:17
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.