The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Grace Cardwell took 2nd of 123 in the 16–24 age group at Manchester 2026, in 1:07:33.
The wall balls were the standout, 2:16 quicker than the median and 52nd of 825. Stronger after halfway: 1:32 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:46, was faster than 97% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:18 more than the average race this season, going by 795 athletes who raced both. 4:32 faster than at Oslo 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:49Running 1 2:51v median −1:21
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Block 02 6:36Running 2 4:08v median −1:48
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Block 03 8:19Running 3 4:28v median −1:48
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Block 04 9:19Running 4 4:21v median −1:57
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 4:29v median −1:59
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Block 06 6:23Running 6 4:24v median −1:59
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Block 07 8:19Running 7 4:19v median −1:55
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Block 08 7:50Running 8 3:28v median −1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:46
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 807
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 807 women who finished.