The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Frances Stringer finished 60th of 76 women in the Pro division at Manchester 2026, in 1:44:51.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:40. The race faded late: the second half went 3:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:49 more than the average race this season, going by 179 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 3:48v median +0:07
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Block 02 10:37Running 2 5:25v median +0:09
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Block 03 12:03Running 3 5:50v median +0:06
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Block 04 14:53Running 4 5:48v median +0:06
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Block 05 11:55Running 5 5:54v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:41v median −0:02
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Block 07 16:08Running 7 8:39v median +2:57
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Block 08 16:44Running 8 4:58v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:10
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 73
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 73 women who finished.