The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Victoria Gabbott finished 178th of 268 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:43:29.
The runs carried this race: faster than 46% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:51. The race faded late: the second half went 6:35 worse 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. That was 5:26 off the time at London Excel 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:55Running 1 4:08v median −0:07
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Block 02 9:14Running 2 5:58v median +0:03
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Block 03 12:02Running 3 6:18v median −0:03
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Block 04 14:21Running 4 6:34v median +0:09
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Block 05 12:28Running 5 6:43v median +0:11
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Block 06 10:34Running 6 6:38v median +0:14
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Block 07 14:01Running 7 6:50v median +0:29
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Block 08 15:32Running 8 6:05v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:28
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.