The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sarah Billingham & Bethan Madin finished 198th of 291 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:31:37.
The stations carried this race: faster than 59% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:41 on the median. A harder second half: 1:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:38Running 1 8:27v median +1:21
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 6:36v median +0:36
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Block 03 10:28Running 3 6:52v median +0:30
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Block 04 10:28Running 4 6:58v median +0:34
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Block 05 11:42Running 5 7:07v median +0:42
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Block 06 9:26Running 6 7:06v median +0:41
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Block 07 10:50Running 7 7:12v median +0:44
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Block 08 10:59Running 8 7:46v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
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.