The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Larraine Essery & Alice-Rose Essery finished 821st of 1,246 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:30:11.
A station race more than a running one: 60% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:07 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 11:20Running 1 6:44v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 6:27v median +0:52
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Block 03 10:52Running 3 6:42v median +0:54
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Block 04 10:35Running 4 6:38v median +0:47
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:45v median +0:50
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 6:49v median +0:54
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Block 07 10:31Running 7 6:43v median +0:47
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 6:55v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:48
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.