The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lucy Payne & Natalie Tuzculglu finished 391st of 1,155 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:20:44, faster than 66% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 81% of the field beaten on the stations, against 53% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:35 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:22 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 8:49Running 1 4:28v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 6:08v median −0:05
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Block 03 10:21Running 3 6:30v median +0:01
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Block 04 10:34Running 4 6:40v median +0:07
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Block 05 11:07Running 5 6:27v median −0:13
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 6:28v median −0:09
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Block 07 10:13Running 7 6:47v median +0:10
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Block 08 9:03Running 8 5:19v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:11
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.