The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Elyna King & Fran Purdy finished 143rd of 291 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:25:16, faster than 51% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 74% of the field across all eight, against 44% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:44 on the median. A harder second half: 1:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 2:41 more than the average race this season, going by 198 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:41Running 1 7:08v median +0:02
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Block 02 7:53Running 2 5:59v median −0:01
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 6:14v median −0:08
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 6:32v median +0:08
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:41v median +0:16
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 6:41v median +0:16
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Block 07 8:44Running 7 6:53v median +0:25
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Block 08 10:16Running 8 7:23v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:31
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 284
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 284 women's teams who finished.