The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Smith & Brendan Pearson finished in the top 10% of the field at Manchester 2026, in 55:46 for 15th of 279 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:10 ahead of the median. Quick through the roxzone: 3:17, ahead of 87% of the field.
Manchester ran slow: the 227 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:16 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:22Running 1 2:54v median −0:15
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Block 02 5:41Running 2 4:03v median −0:27
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Block 03 7:00Running 3 4:13v median −0:37
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Block 04 6:01Running 4 4:13v median −0:38
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Block 05 8:10Running 5 4:21v median −0:36
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Block 06 5:45Running 6 4:19v median −0:31
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Block 07 6:43Running 7 4:16v median −0:42
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Block 08 6:55Running 8 3:37v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:17
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 278
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 278 men's teams who finished.