The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jo Gruchy & Naomi Clague finished 975th of 1,155 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:39:50.
The stations carried this race: faster than 41% of the field across all eight, against 15% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 9:29, behind 94% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 0:56 more than the average race this season, going by 1,073 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:09Running 1 5:29v median +0:59
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Block 02 9:12Running 2 7:18v median +1:05
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Block 03 11:57Running 3 7:52v median +1:23
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Block 04 13:24Running 4 8:02v median +1:29
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Block 05 13:11Running 5 8:13v median +1:33
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Block 06 10:30Running 6 8:15v median +1:38
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Block 07 11:53Running 7 8:12v median +1:35
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Block 08 10:13Running 8 6:11v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:29
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.