The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, Lauren Mills & Phoebe Dichiara crossed the line in 1:19:12: 341st of 1,155 women's teams, faster than 71% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 76% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 54% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:19 from the median.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,072 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:56 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 4:00v median −0:30
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:36v median −0:37
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 6:23v median −0:06
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 5:46v median −0:47
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 5:53v median −0:47
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:46v median −0:51
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Block 07 9:21Running 7 5:52v median −0:45
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Block 08 9:07Running 8 4:58v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:31
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.