The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stephanie Shute finished 608th of 887 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:40:24.
The runs carried this race: faster than 45% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:01. The race faded late: the second half went 2:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:51Running 1 5:49v median −0:09
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 5:32v median +0:16
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Block 03 11:41Running 3 5:45v median +0:12
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Block 04 14:44Running 4 5:43v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:39v median −0:05
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 5:47v median +0:04
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Block 07 13:41Running 7 5:40v median −0:05
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Block 08 15:08Running 8 6:12v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:06
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.