The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Holden & Nicola Fairbrother finished 58th of 198 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:20:50, faster than 71% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 99% of the field beaten on the stations, against 52% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:44 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,072 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:56 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:10Running 1 3:44v median −0:50
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 6:19v median −0:06
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Block 03 10:25Running 3 6:56v median +0:14
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Block 04 8:44Running 4 6:56v median +0:08
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Block 05 11:37Running 5 6:55v median +0:02
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 6:57v median +0:01
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 7:13v median +0:20
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Block 08 9:22Running 8 5:45v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:16
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 194
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 194 women's teams who finished.