The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:49 at Manchester 2026 put Sarah Bottrell & Melanie Warwick 615th of 1,155 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 80% of the field beaten on the stations, against 41% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:56 on the median. A harder second half: 1:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:56.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:12Running 1 4:47v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:18Running 2 6:20v median +0:07
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 6:37v median +0:08
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Block 04 11:12Running 4 6:44v median +0:11
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Block 05 11:41Running 5 6:58v median +0:18
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Block 06 9:17Running 6 7:26v median +0:49
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Block 07 8:55Running 7 7:04v median +0:27
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Block 08 9:50Running 8 5:40v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:12
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.