The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, Darcy Ross & Megan Kelly crossed the line in 1:13:56: 166th of 1,155 women's teams, faster than 86% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 90% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 63% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 0:57. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:00 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 7:49Running 1 3:30v median −1:00
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 5:11v median −1:02
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Block 03 10:30Running 3 5:33v median −0:56
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Block 04 9:49Running 4 5:31v median −1:02
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:27v median −1:13
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 5:30v median −1:07
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Block 07 9:14Running 7 5:36v median −1:01
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Block 08 8:18Running 8 4:26v median −0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:33
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.