The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Seren Carpenter finished 382nd of 887 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:30:17, faster than 57% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 73% of the field beaten on the runs, 41% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:10 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:44 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:21.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:42Running 1 5:18v median −0:40
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 4:46v median −0:30
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Block 03 11:28Running 3 5:10v median −0:23
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Block 04 12:49Running 4 5:20v median −0:16
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:08v median −0:36
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 4:53v median −0:50
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Block 07 10:34Running 7 4:45v median −1:00
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Block 08 10:31Running 8 4:54v median −1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:31
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 607
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 607 women who finished.