The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:31 at Manchester 2026 put Helen Downey 622nd of 825 women in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 47% of the field across all eight, against 15% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 0:34 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:51 behind the median.
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 10:37Running 1 5:37v median +1:25
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Block 02 10:35Running 2 7:41v median +1:45
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Block 03 12:37Running 3 7:51v median +1:35
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Block 04 15:28Running 4 7:56v median +1:38
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Block 05 12:45Running 5 7:47v median +1:19
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Block 06 10:19Running 6 7:56v median +1:33
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Block 07 13:57Running 7 8:01v median +1:47
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Block 08 13:01Running 8 6:24v median +1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
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.