The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Amber Pilkington-Ward finished 250th of 268 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 2:09:55.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:06. A harder second half: 7:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:00 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 13:20Running 1 6:59v median +2:44
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Block 02 10:17Running 2 7:00v median +1:05
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Block 03 15:12Running 3 7:47v median +1:26
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Block 04 16:42Running 4 8:34v median +2:09
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Block 05 15:30Running 5 9:15v median +2:43
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Block 06 12:08Running 6 8:36v median +2:12
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Block 07 12:17Running 7 8:23v median +2:02
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Block 08 21:36Running 8 10:54v median +5:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:00
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.