The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:32 at Manchester 2026 put Natalie Payne & Ellie Payne 315th of 1,155 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 73% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 88% of the field across all eight, against 60% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:40 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 2:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 9:43Running 1 5:25v median +0:55
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 5:27v median −0:46
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 5:57v median −0:32
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Block 04 8:33Running 4 5:47v median −0:46
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:53v median −0:47
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Block 06 7:36Running 6 5:56v median −0:41
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Block 07 9:31Running 7 5:59v median −0:38
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Block 08 11:29Running 8 7:11v median +1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:58
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.