The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:03 at Birmingham 2026 put Christina Norman 523rd of 887 women in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 29% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:05. A harder second half: 2:00 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 11:05Running 1 5:36v median −0:22
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 5:00v median −0:16
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Block 03 11:45Running 3 5:34v median +0:01
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Block 04 12:43Running 4 5:29v median −0:07
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 5:43v median −0:01
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 5:22v median −0:21
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Block 07 11:52Running 7 5:30v median −0:15
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Block 08 14:34Running 8 5:42v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:39
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.