The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Claire Talbot finished 203rd of 263 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:49:41.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 16% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:15 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:33 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:18.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:56Running 1 6:42v median +2:27
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Block 02 9:26Running 2 6:40v median +0:44
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Block 03 13:30Running 3 7:03v median +0:41
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Block 04 15:04Running 4 7:10v median +0:47
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Block 05 12:57Running 5 7:38v median +1:10
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Block 06 10:55Running 6 8:31v median +2:10
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Block 07 13:55Running 7 7:14v median +0:53
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Block 08 16:07Running 8 9:01v median +3:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:59
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.