The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lewis Overend & Jake Johnstone finished in the top 10% of the field at Manchester 2026, in 55:31 for 14th of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:00 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:03 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 3:06, ahead of 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 6:29Running 1 2:56v median −0:38
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Block 02 5:18Running 2 3:52v median −1:09
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Block 03 6:25Running 3 4:10v median −1:10
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Block 04 6:34Running 4 4:14v median −1:09
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Block 05 8:18Running 5 4:26v median −1:05
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Block 06 5:39Running 6 4:16v median −1:13
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Block 07 6:51Running 7 4:17v median −1:14
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Block 08 7:00Running 8 3:18v median −1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:06
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 788
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 788 men's teams who finished.