The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sarah-Jane Key finished 875th of 887 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:38:24.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 18:45. A harder second half: 22:05 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:15 in the roxzone was slower than 88% 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 13:33Running 1 7:33v median +1:35
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Block 02 11:00Running 2 7:02v median +1:46
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Block 03 16:29Running 3 7:24v median +1:51
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Block 04 22:25Running 4 7:51v median +2:15
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Block 05 14:24Running 5 8:10v median +2:26
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Block 06 12:10Running 6 8:19v median +2:36
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Block 07 22:58Running 7 8:46v median +3:01
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Block 08 35:18Running 8 9:46v median +3:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:15
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.