The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, Bethany Marshall & Christina Shortland crossed the line in 1:14:13: 177th of 1,155 women's teams, faster than 85% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 89% of the field beaten on the runs, 63% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:30 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:11 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 1,072 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:29Running 1 3:46v median −0:44
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 5:22v median −0:51
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 5:26v median −1:03
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Block 04 9:51Running 4 5:24v median −1:09
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:25v median −1:15
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:29v median −1:08
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 5:39v median −0:58
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Block 08 8:21Running 8 4:25v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:38
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.