The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sherelle Roberts finished 619th of 887 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:41:40.
A station race more than a running one: 43% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:34. A harder second half: 2:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:21 faster than the average race this season, by 1,285 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:31Running 1 6:29v median +0:31
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 5:57v median +0:41
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Block 03 12:10Running 3 6:32v median +0:59
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Block 04 13:34Running 4 6:16v median +0:40
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Block 05 12:10Running 5 6:34v median +0:50
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 6:42v median +0:59
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Block 07 12:16Running 7 6:26v median +0:41
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Block 08 15:37Running 8 7:16v median +1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:20
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.