The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joe Manton & Graham Sprason finished 393rd of 564 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:21:09.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:13. A harder second half: 4:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Barcelona gave the field time back: about 0:54 faster than the average race this season, by 766 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:40Running 1 4:35v median −0:14
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:40v median −0:12
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Block 03 9:31Running 3 5:23v median +0:09
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Block 04 9:10Running 4 5:35v median +0:23
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:49v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 6:01v median +0:49
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 5:43v median +0:32
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Block 08 10:07Running 8 5:36v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:34
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 561
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 561 men's teams who finished.