The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Anna Bruce finished 155th of 887 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:19:15, faster than 83% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 91% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 64% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:50 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:05, was faster than 95% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:21 faster than the average race this season, by 1,285 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 0:01 on Riga 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:29Running 1 5:00v median −0:58
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 4:14v median −1:02
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 4:24v median −1:09
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Block 04 4:53
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Block 05 5:31
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Block 06 2:13
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Block 07 5:03
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Block 08 6:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:05