The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Manchester 2026, Lorraine Fitzpatrick crossed the line in 1:29:00: 86th of 263 women, faster than 67% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 82% of the field beaten on the runs, 46% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:33 ahead of the median. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 0:45.
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 7:15 off the time at Dublin 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 3:29v median −0:46
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Block 02 8:33Running 2 5:21v median −0:35
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Block 03 10:44Running 3 5:34v median −0:48
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Block 04 12:43Running 4 5:29v median −0:54
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 5:30v median −0:58
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Block 06 8:52Running 6 5:42v median −0:39
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Block 07 10:39Running 7 5:46v median −0:35
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Block 08 11:18Running 8 4:37v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:07
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 260
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 260 women who finished.