The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kim Austen-Caney finished 227th of 263 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:58:36.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:22 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:45Running 1 6:36v median +2:21
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Block 02 9:31Running 2 7:06v median +1:10
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Block 03 13:52Running 3 7:41v median +1:19
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Block 04 16:33Running 4 7:47v median +1:24
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Block 05 14:31Running 5 8:49v median +2:21
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Block 06 11:14Running 6 8:08v median +1:47
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Block 07 16:22Running 7 8:34v median +2:13
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Block 08 16:09Running 8 8:30v median +3:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:46
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.