The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Cara Thompson finished 191st of 268 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:45:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:05. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:33 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:18.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:04Running 1 4:08v median −0:07
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Block 02 10:19Running 2 6:19v median +0:24
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Block 03 14:04Running 3 6:42v median +0:21
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Block 04 16:23Running 4 6:38v median +0:13
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Block 05 12:21Running 5 7:01v median +0:29
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Block 06 9:10Running 6 6:40v median +0:16
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Block 07 12:49Running 7 6:31v median +0:10
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Block 08 15:04Running 8 5:23v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:42
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.