The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kate Armitage finished 229th of 268 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:55:50.
The stations carried this race: faster than 47% of the field across all eight, against 13% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:25 on the median. A harder second half: 7:58 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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. That was 8:03 off the time at Verona 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:00Running 1 4:32v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:48Running 2 6:49v median +0:54
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Block 03 14:27Running 3 7:56v median +1:35
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Block 04 12:43Running 4 8:17v median +1:52
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Block 05 14:21Running 5 8:28v median +1:56
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Block 06 10:57Running 6 8:10v median +1:46
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Block 07 12:44Running 7 7:29v median +1:08
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Block 08 19:41Running 8 10:45v median +5:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:16
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.