The race, in three figures
The race, in words
54:13 won the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026 for Mark jeffers & Alex Winstanley, first of 398 men's teams.
The sandbag lunges were the standout, 1:01 quicker than the median and 26th of 398. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:28 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 2:58, was faster than 99% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:03 more than the average race this season, going by 1,189 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:10Running 1 2:37v median −1:10
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Block 02 5:10Running 2 3:42v median −1:28
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Block 03 6:35Running 3 3:54v median −1:39
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Block 04 6:35Running 4 3:58v median −1:40
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Block 05 7:53Running 5 4:00v median −1:50
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Block 06 5:24Running 6 4:03v median −1:41
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Block 07 6:40Running 7 4:01v median −1:40
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Block 08 6:57Running 8 3:14v median −1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:58
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 391
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 391 men's teams who finished.