The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2023, Shannon Eckersley & Natasha Tomlinson crossed the line in 1:25:21: 144th of 291 women's teams, faster than 51% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 34% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 2:32. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:09 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 198 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:41 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:48Running 1 7:32v median +0:26
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 6:07v median +0:07
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Block 03 12:17Running 3 6:08v median −0:14
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Block 04 9:46Running 4 6:11v median −0:13
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 6:08v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:56v median −0:29
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Block 07 9:24Running 7 5:50v median −0:38
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Block 08 9:30Running 8 6:12v median −0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:24
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.