The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Holly English finished 127th of 268 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:33:35, faster than 53% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 88% of the field beaten on the stations, against 45% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 3:21 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:07 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:18 more than the average race this season, going by 795 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:32Running 1 4:13v median −0:02
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 5:42v median −0:13
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Block 03 12:37Running 3 6:44v median +0:23
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Block 04 10:40Running 4 6:30v median +0:05
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Block 05 12:45Running 5 7:09v median +0:37
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 6:16v median −0:08
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Block 07 9:00Running 7 7:00v median +0:39
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Block 08 11:32Running 8 6:02v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:59
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 265
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 265 women who finished.