The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:44 at Birmingham 2026 put Lucy Gilmore 439th of 887 women in the Open division, ahead of 51% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 30% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:54 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:29Running 1 5:19v median −0:39
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Block 02 8:59Running 2 4:54v median −0:22
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 5:06v median −0:27
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Block 04 11:46Running 4 5:01v median −0:35
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Block 05 10:42Running 5 5:12v median −0:32
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Block 06 7:46Running 6 5:02v median −0:41
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Block 07 9:46Running 7 4:46v median −0:59
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Block 08 15:51Running 8 5:10v median −0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:56
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.