The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aoife Mcelwee finished 172nd of 268 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:42:12.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 12% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 3:00. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:44 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:56Running 1 3:26v median −0:49
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Block 02 9:35Running 2 5:13v median −0:42
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Block 03 15:24Running 3 6:47v median +0:26
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Block 04 15:03Running 4 6:07v median −0:18
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 5:59v median −0:33
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 5:52v median −0:32
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Block 07 13:33Running 7 5:58v median −0:23
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Block 08 13:38Running 8 4:58v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
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.