The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:03 at Birmingham 2026 put Josie Steel 714th of 887 women in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 50% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:52 better against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 10:05, behind 87% of the field.
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 12:14Running 1 7:07v median +1:09
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Block 02 9:50Running 2 6:25v median +1:09
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Block 03 11:11Running 3 6:40v median +1:07
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Block 04 17:31Running 4 10:27v median +4:51
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Block 05 11:58Running 5 6:49v median +1:05
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Block 06 10:28Running 6 7:30v median +1:47
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Block 07 11:41Running 7 6:34v median +0:49
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Block 08 14:13Running 8 7:00v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:05
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.