The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jenny Beazley & Katrina Townsend finished 193rd of 1,155 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:14:48, faster than 83% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 89% of the field beaten on the runs, 49% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 3:49, ahead of 97% of the field.
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 8:21Running 1 3:28v median −1:02
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Block 02 6:33Running 2 4:46v median −1:27
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 5:25v median −1:04
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Block 04 9:35Running 4 5:32v median −1:01
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:27v median −1:13
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:33v median −1:04
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Block 07 9:46Running 7 5:58v median −0:39
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Block 08 9:35Running 8 4:56v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:49
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.