The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:19:05 at Manchester 2026 put Jessica Read 245th of 263 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:42 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 10:15 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. Jessica Read's fastest of 5 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:37Running 1 5:34v median +1:19
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Block 02 12:37Running 2 9:04v median +3:08
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Block 03 16:00Running 3 9:24v median +3:02
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Block 04 21:45Running 4 9:58v median +3:35
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Block 05 16:10Running 5 10:05v median +3:37
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Block 06 12:22Running 6 9:42v median +3:21
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Block 07 21:53Running 7 9:45v median +3:24
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Block 08 18:36Running 8 8:49v median +3:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:13
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.