The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sydney Vertigan finished 629th of 825 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:48:09.
A station race more than a running one: 57% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:26 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:14 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 9:56Running 1 4:36v median +0:24
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Block 02 9:27Running 2 6:56v median +1:00
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Block 03 12:31Running 3 7:09v median +0:53
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Block 04 11:31Running 4 7:17v median +0:59
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Block 05 14:07Running 5 8:02v median +1:34
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 7:28v median +1:05
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Block 07 9:26Running 7 7:02v median +0:48
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Block 08 16:39Running 8 6:35v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:00
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.