The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:09:15 at Manchester 2026 put Matthew McDonald & Jorge Weatherall 31st of 53 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 71% of the field across all eight, against 29% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:40 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:41 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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
-
Block 01 6:29Running 1 2:58v median −0:09
-
Block 02 7:11Running 2 4:50v median +0:28
-
Block 03 9:24Running 3 5:23v median +0:34
-
Block 04 8:05Running 4 5:19v median +0:31
-
Block 05 9:22Running 5 5:22v median +0:25
-
Block 06 6:42Running 6 5:30v median +0:40
-
Block 07 8:16Running 7 5:25v median +0:29
-
Block 08 8:27Running 8 4:30v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:29
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 53
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 53 men's teams who finished.