The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:28 at Manchester 2026 put Rebecca Bostock 172nd of 263 women in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:09 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:15 in the roxzone was slower than 86% 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 9:55Running 1 4:44v median +0:29
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 6:20v median +0:24
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 6:30v median +0:08
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Block 04 14:51Running 4 6:37v median +0:14
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Block 05 12:27Running 5 6:43v median +0:15
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 6:45v median +0:24
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Block 07 10:08Running 7 6:51v median +0:30
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Block 08 13:59Running 8 5:48v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:15
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.