The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Edel Smiley finished 557th of 825 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:42:17.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:03. A harder second half: 1:38 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 9:37Running 1 4:27v median +0:15
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Block 02 9:37Running 2 6:44v median +0:48
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Block 03 14:19Running 3 9:03v median +2:47
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Block 04 13:55Running 4 7:03v median +0:45
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Block 05 13:10Running 5 7:30v median +1:02
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Block 06 9:34Running 6 7:19v median +0:56
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Block 07 12:45Running 7 7:14v median +1:00
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Block 08 13:53Running 8 6:12v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:36
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.