The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Naomi Armstrong & Jessica Sierant finished 641st of 1,155 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:27:23.
A station race more than a running one: 81% of the field beaten on the stations, against 39% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:59 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:15 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:09Running 1 4:44v median +0:14
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 6:32v median +0:19
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 6:49v median +0:20
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 7:13v median +0:40
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Block 05 12:07Running 5 7:09v median +0:29
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Block 06 8:56Running 6 7:00v median +0:23
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Block 07 8:45Running 7 6:57v median +0:20
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Block 08 10:16Running 8 5:43v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:24
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.