The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rebecca Joy Novell finished 265th of 268 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 2:35:30.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:06. The race faded late: the second half went 13:02 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 26:20 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:18 more than the average race this season, going by 795 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:52Running 1 5:38v median +1:23
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Block 02 11:34Running 2 8:23v median +2:28
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Block 03 17:11Running 3 9:19v median +2:58
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Block 04 18:03Running 4 10:19v median +3:54
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Block 05 17:08Running 5 11:06v median +4:34
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Block 06 13:33Running 6 10:14v median +3:50
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Block 07 16:21Running 7 10:43v median +4:22
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Block 08 24:37Running 8 9:55v median +4:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 26:20
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.