The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Niamh Kellett & Bronagh Gill at Manchester 2026: 1:11:48, 117th of 1,155 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 59% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:36 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:08 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 0:56 more than the average race this season, going by 1,073 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:13Running 1 3:41v median −0:49
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 4:37v median −1:36
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Block 03 9:18Running 3 4:59v median −1:30
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Block 04 9:36Running 4 5:05v median −1:28
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:08v median −1:32
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Block 06 6:32Running 6 4:52v median −1:45
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Block 07 8:05Running 7 4:54v median −1:43
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Block 08 8:05Running 8 4:04v median −1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:33
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.