The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:15:25 at Manchester 2026 put Ricky Samuels & Christopher King 38th of 50 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 60% of the field across all eight, against 15% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:35 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:16.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:12Running 1 3:24v median +0:15
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 5:34v median +1:07
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Block 03 9:27Running 3 5:44v median +0:47
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 5:48v median +0:45
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Block 05 9:56Running 5 6:08v median +1:03
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 6:23v median +1:21
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Block 07 10:44Running 7 6:15v median +1:11
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Block 08 9:05Running 8 4:58v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:04
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 49
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 49 men's teams who finished.