The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Olivia Smith & Kaylee Bowden finished 840th of 1,246 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:30:49.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:32 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 12:13Running 1 6:58v median +0:31
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:47v median +0:12
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 6:03v median +0:15
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 6:01v median +0:10
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Block 05 11:43Running 5 6:07v median +0:12
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 6:03v median +0:08
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 6:04v median +0:08
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Block 08 14:17Running 8 6:12v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:30
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.