The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Natasha Marie Stones finished 502nd of 825 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:38:32.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 27% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:37. A harder second half: 5:53 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:39Running 1 5:37v median +1:25
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Block 02 8:24Running 2 5:55v median −0:01
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Block 03 11:11Running 3 6:20v median +0:04
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Block 04 13:00Running 4 6:08v median −0:10
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 6:29v median +0:01
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Block 06 10:50Running 6 8:39v median +2:16
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Block 07 10:27Running 7 6:18v median +0:04
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Block 08 17:02Running 8 7:47v median +2:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:32
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.