The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lisa Miller finished 446th of 825 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:35:18.
Legs and stations told different stories: 62% of the field beaten on the runs, 42% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:21 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:18. 8:00 slower than at Madrid 2024, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 3:51v median −0:21
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 5:39v median −0:17
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Block 03 11:47Running 3 5:58v median −0:18
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Block 04 13:37Running 4 6:08v median −0:10
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Block 05 12:08Running 5 6:09v median −0:19
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 6:04v median −0:19
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Block 07 8:52Running 7 6:04v median −0:10
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Block 08 12:19Running 8 5:02v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:13
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.