The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sarah Shaikh finished 257th of 263 women in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 2:34:03.
On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 8:14. The race faded late: the second half went 8:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:13 in the roxzone was slower than 95% 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 11:11Running 1 5:37v median +1:22
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Block 02 12:48Running 2 9:01v median +3:05
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Block 03 17:53Running 3 9:21v median +2:59
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Block 04 24:36Running 4 9:37v median +3:14
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Block 05 16:15Running 5 10:27v median +3:59
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Block 06 13:49Running 6 10:04v median +3:43
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Block 07 21:41Running 7 10:25v median +4:04
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Block 08 22:45Running 8 9:14v median +3:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:13
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.