The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emma Broom & Donna Broom finished 256th of 291 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:41:57.
A station race more than a running one: 29% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:16. The race faded late: the second half went 2:15 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 12:49Running 1 8:33v median +1:27
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Block 02 9:27Running 2 7:48v median +1:48
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Block 03 11:37Running 3 7:55v median +1:33
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Block 04 12:52Running 4 7:47v median +1:23
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Block 05 12:49Running 5 7:57v median +1:32
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Block 06 10:05Running 6 8:12v median +1:47
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Block 07 13:09Running 7 8:18v median +1:50
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Block 08 12:14Running 8 9:01v median +2:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:04
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.