The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:00 at Manchester 2026 put Shannon Kershaw & Leah Marshall 404th of 1,155 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 65% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 71% of the field beaten on the runs, 43% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:30 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:26 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:48Running 1 4:08v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 5:47v median −0:26
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Block 03 10:31Running 3 6:31v median +0:02
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Block 04 10:47Running 4 6:11v median −0:22
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 5:58v median −0:42
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:56v median −0:41
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Block 07 9:16Running 7 5:59v median −0:38
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Block 08 9:36Running 8 4:58v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:56
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.