The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emma Hulme & Philippa Neal finished 851st of 1,246 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:31:08.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:27 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:34 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 11:09Running 1 6:45v median +0:18
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 6:03v median +0:28
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 6:10v median +0:22
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Block 04 12:31Running 4 6:42v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:49v median +0:54
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Block 06 8:19Running 6 6:33v median +0:38
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Block 07 11:08Running 7 7:02v median +1:06
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Block 08 11:37Running 8 6:52v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:03
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.