The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ellie Giddings & Libby Dunstan finished 125th of 193 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:38:00.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:41 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:02 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 0:56 more than the average race this season, going by 1,073 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:23Running 1 4:21v median −0:20
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 6:25v median −0:10
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Block 03 13:43Running 3 7:51v median +1:01
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Block 04 13:11Running 4 7:43v median +0:38
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Block 05 13:29Running 5 7:18v median +0:07
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 7:22v median +0:19
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Block 07 11:23Running 7 7:12v median +0:10
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Block 08 10:40Running 8 6:00v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:34
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 190
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 190 women's teams who finished.