The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:24 at Manchester 2026 put Lauren Goldsmith 408th of 825 women in the Open division, ahead of 51% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 81% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:02 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:45 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:18.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:41Running 1 3:55v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 5:00v median −0:56
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Block 03 10:22Running 3 5:04v median −1:12
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Block 04 14:17Running 4 5:05v median −1:13
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:19v median −1:09
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:06v median −1:17
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Block 07 14:20Running 7 5:09v median −1:05
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Block 08 14:46Running 8 6:01v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:49
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.