The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rachel Heron finished 547th of 887 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:37:11.
A station race more than a running one: 51% of the field beaten on the stations, against 27% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:34 on the median.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,285 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:06Running 1 6:36v median +0:38
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Block 02 9:04Running 2 5:59v median +0:43
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 6:08v median +0:35
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Block 04 12:26Running 4 6:10v median +0:34
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 6:18v median +0:34
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Block 06 8:45Running 6 6:05v median +0:22
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Block 07 10:30Running 7 6:04v median +0:19
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Block 08 13:37Running 8 6:33v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:05
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.