The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Helen Podmore & Janey Smith finished 691st of 1,246 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:26:22.
The runs carried this race: faster than 64% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 27% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 0:43.
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 11:05Running 1 6:06v median −0:21
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 5:24v median −0:11
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Block 03 9:59Running 3 5:32v median −0:16
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 5:31v median −0:20
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 5:32v median −0:23
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Block 06 7:08Running 6 5:17v median −0:38
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Block 07 9:29Running 7 5:23v median −0:33
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Block 08 11:01Running 8 5:45v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:26
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.