The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Claire Barton & Kay Sly finished 898th of 1,246 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:33:05.
A station race more than a running one: 61% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:40 on the median. A harder second half: 4:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:48Running 1 6:21v median −0:06
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Block 02 8:24Running 2 6:09v median +0:34
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Block 03 10:36Running 3 6:26v median +0:38
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Block 04 10:32Running 4 6:50v median +0:59
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Block 05 12:39Running 5 7:21v median +1:26
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Block 06 9:00Running 6 7:08v median +1:13
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 7:47v median +1:51
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Block 08 11:38Running 8 7:10v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:18
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.