The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, Stephanie Jaczniakowska-McGirr & Paige Fordham crossed the line in 1:22:44: 461st of 1,155 women's teams, faster than 60% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 41% on the stations. The row cost the most time: 0:31 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:28 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 1,072 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:10Running 1 3:50v median −0:40
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 5:36v median −0:37
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Block 03 10:14Running 3 6:08v median −0:21
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 6:15v median −0:18
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Block 05 12:14Running 5 6:37v median −0:03
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Block 06 8:35Running 6 6:31v median −0:06
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 6:28v median −0:09
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Block 08 9:34Running 8 5:11v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
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.