The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:03 at Manchester 2026 put Kirsty Sharples 567th of 825 women in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 52% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. A harder second half: 4:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:43 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 10:53Running 1 5:57v median +1:45
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 5:56v median +0:00
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Block 03 12:29Running 3 6:46v median +0:30
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Block 04 12:44Running 4 6:26v median +0:08
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Block 05 12:03Running 5 6:56v median +0:28
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Block 06 9:05Running 6 6:42v median +0:19
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Block 07 11:53Running 7 6:34v median +0:20
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Block 08 14:50Running 8 8:12v median +2:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:43
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.