The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Daniel Ashton & Shay Moran finished in the top 10% of the field at Manchester 2026, in 56:47 for 23rd of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:09 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:35 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:08, was faster than 98% 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 6:30Running 1 2:51v median −0:43
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Block 02 5:44Running 2 4:04v median −0:57
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Block 03 7:14Running 3 4:22v median −0:58
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Block 04 6:39Running 4 4:19v median −1:04
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Block 05 8:20Running 5 4:14v median −1:17
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Block 06 5:36Running 6 4:17v median −1:12
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Block 07 6:50Running 7 4:25v median −1:06
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Block 08 6:54Running 8 3:23v median −1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:08
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.