The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steph Powell & Angela Dobson finished 1,069th of 1,155 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:47:07.
A station race more than a running one: 36% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:53 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:15 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 10:10Running 1 5:40v median +1:10
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Block 02 10:15Running 2 8:16v median +2:03
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Block 03 12:35Running 3 8:48v median +2:19
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Block 04 13:45Running 4 9:07v median +2:34
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Block 05 14:11Running 5 9:14v median +2:34
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Block 06 11:38Running 6 9:25v median +2:48
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Block 07 14:25Running 7 9:45v median +3:08
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Block 08 12:53Running 8 8:05v median +2:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:24
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.