The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, Andrea Challenger & Sian Dempster crossed the line in 1:23:38: 492nd of 1,155 women's teams, faster than 57% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 74% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:25 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:02 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,073 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 9:14Running 1 4:16v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 5:48v median −0:25
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 5:51v median −0:38
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Block 04 11:51Running 4 6:00v median −0:33
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Block 05 11:43Running 5 6:16v median −0:24
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:57v median −0:40
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Block 07 10:22Running 7 5:52v median −0:45
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Block 08 9:20Running 8 4:49v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:24
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.