The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Louise Gordon finished 609th of 825 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:46:09.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:44 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:14 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 10:05Running 1 4:38v median +0:26
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Block 02 8:51Running 2 6:18v median +0:22
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Block 03 12:39Running 3 6:24v median +0:08
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Block 04 15:59Running 4 6:31v median +0:13
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Block 05 12:38Running 5 6:37v median +0:09
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Block 06 9:00Running 6 6:34v median +0:11
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Block 07 13:22Running 7 6:28v median +0:14
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Block 08 15:47Running 8 5:25v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:56
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.