The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joshua Thornton & Connor Martin finished in the top 10% of the field at Manchester 2026, in 1:00:11 for 73rd of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:08 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:41 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:23, was faster than 94% 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 6:27Running 1 2:45v median −0:49
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Block 02 5:45Running 2 4:10v median −0:51
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Block 03 7:23Running 3 4:39v median −0:41
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Block 04 7:40Running 4 4:41v median −0:42
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Block 05 9:05Running 5 4:41v median −0:50
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Block 06 6:05Running 6 4:32v median −0:57
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Block 07 7:00Running 7 4:34v median −0:57
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Block 08 7:29Running 8 3:42v median −0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:23
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.