The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mary Core & Zoe Pain finished 866th of 1,246 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:31:34.
The runs carried this race: faster than 48% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 12% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:34 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,085 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:31 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:23Running 1 6:26v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 5:16v median −0:19
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Block 03 11:06Running 3 5:59v median +0:11
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Block 04 11:37Running 4 6:03v median +0:12
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Block 05 11:24Running 5 5:58v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:50v median −0:05
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Block 07 10:17Running 7 6:04v median +0:08
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 5:58v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
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.