The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Esther Weaver & Claire Dunkley finished 174th of 291 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:28:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 2:45 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:09, was faster than 89% of the field.
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 11:35Running 1 6:40v median −0:26
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 5:45v median −0:15
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 6:29v median +0:07
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Block 04 11:20Running 4 6:31v median +0:07
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Block 05 12:18Running 5 6:35v median +0:10
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 6:21v median −0:04
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Block 07 11:36Running 7 6:38v median +0:10
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Block 08 11:16Running 8 7:10v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:09
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.