The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emily Barker finished 163rd of 263 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:39:30.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:18. The race faded late: the second half went 2:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:36 off the time at Valencia 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:52Running 1 4:11v median −0:04
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Block 02 9:07Running 2 6:07v median +0:11
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Block 03 12:48Running 3 6:38v median +0:16
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Block 04 13:57Running 4 6:36v median +0:13
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Block 05 12:22Running 5 6:49v median +0:21
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Block 06 9:15Running 6 6:47v median +0:26
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Block 07 13:22Running 7 6:55v median +0:34
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Block 08 14:02Running 8 5:56v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:53
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.