The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joanna Shakespeare & Shelley Potts finished 1,076th of 1,246 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:41:02.
The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:53 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:40 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 12:14Running 1 7:27v median +1:00
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 6:42v median +1:07
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Block 03 11:07Running 3 7:05v median +1:17
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Block 04 13:25Running 4 7:10v median +1:19
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Block 05 12:28Running 5 7:11v median +1:16
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 7:18v median +1:23
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Block 07 12:09Running 7 7:09v median +1:13
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Block 08 13:29Running 8 7:14v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:21
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.