The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bryony Messenger & Clare Wareing finished in the top 10% of the field at Manchester 2026, in 1:10:18 for 89th of 1,155 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 96% of the field beaten on the runs, 74% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:37 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:28 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 0:56 more than the average race this season, going by 1,072 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:19Running 1 3:43v median −0:47
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 5:08v median −1:05
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 4:58v median −1:31
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Block 04 9:09Running 4 4:59v median −1:34
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:05v median −1:35
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Block 06 6:48Running 6 5:04v median −1:33
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Block 07 8:26Running 7 5:01v median −1:36
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Block 08 7:47Running 8 4:05v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:32
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1147
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,147 women's teams who finished.