The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chimene Langley & Sophie Shields finished 114th of 198 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:30:58.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:10 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:56.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:34Running 1 4:29v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 6:09v median −0:16
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 6:37v median −0:05
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Block 04 12:34Running 4 7:00v median +0:12
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Block 05 12:35Running 5 7:07v median +0:14
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Block 06 9:14Running 6 7:06v median +0:10
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Block 07 11:52Running 7 6:52v median −0:01
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Block 08 11:04Running 8 5:35v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:29
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.