The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emily Richardson finished 759th of 825 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 2:06:00.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:53. The race faded late: the second half went 5:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:50 in the roxzone was slower than 86% 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 10:21Running 1 5:08v median +0:56
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Block 02 11:00Running 2 7:35v median +1:39
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Block 03 15:19Running 3 8:10v median +1:54
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Block 04 18:12Running 4 8:09v median +1:51
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Block 05 13:26Running 5 7:47v median +1:19
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Block 06 11:10Running 6 7:54v median +1:31
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Block 07 16:15Running 7 8:16v median +2:02
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Block 08 20:36Running 8 7:05v median +1:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:50
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.