The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Katie Orritt finished 428th of 825 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:34:25.
The stations carried this race: faster than 70% of the field across all eight, against 41% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:31 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:10 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:18 more than the average race this season, going by 795 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:47Running 1 4:50v median +0:38
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Block 02 9:18Running 2 6:35v median +0:39
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Block 03 11:23Running 3 6:36v median +0:20
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Block 04 14:21Running 4 6:46v median +0:28
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Block 05 11:36Running 5 6:39v median +0:11
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Block 06 9:21Running 6 6:42v median +0:19
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Block 07 9:12Running 7 6:34v median +0:20
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Block 08 10:46Running 8 5:07v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
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.