The race, in three figures
The race, in words
grace thompson & Victoria Osborne finished 1,031st of 1,246 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:38:26.
A station race more than a running one: 40% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:23Running 1 7:20v median +0:53
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Block 02 9:07Running 2 6:52v median +1:17
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Block 03 11:15Running 3 6:50v median +1:02
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Block 04 11:30Running 4 7:13v median +1:22
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Block 05 12:44Running 5 7:27v median +1:32
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Block 06 9:22Running 6 7:33v median +1:38
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Block 07 11:25Running 7 7:35v median +1:39
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Block 08 12:58Running 8 7:59v median +2:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:50
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.