The race, in three figures
The race, in words
ryan mc donald & josh mc kenna finished in the top 10% of the field at Manchester 2026, in 1:02:30 for 38th of 398 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 99% of the field beaten on the stations, against 79% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 2:21 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:50, was faster than 88% 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 6:54Running 1 3:25v median −0:22
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 4:56v median −0:14
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Block 03 7:36Running 3 5:06v median −0:27
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Block 04 7:22Running 4 5:12v median −0:26
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Block 05 9:02Running 5 5:03v median −0:47
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Block 06 6:07Running 6 4:49v median −0:55
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Block 07 7:42Running 7 4:53v median −0:48
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Block 08 7:41Running 8 3:57v median −0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:50
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.