The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:55:34 at Manchester 2026 put Shanon Lyons 225th of 268 women in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 5:54 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 7:44 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 795 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:18 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 3:54v median −0:21
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Block 02 14:34Running 2 5:59v median +0:04
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Block 03 15:12Running 3 6:30v median +0:09
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Block 04 18:43Running 4 6:43v median +0:18
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Block 05 12:55Running 5 6:50v median +0:18
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Block 06 11:01Running 6 6:48v median +0:24
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Block 07 13:22Running 7 6:54v median +0:33
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Block 08 12:45Running 8 6:18v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:02
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.