The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, Christian Foster & Michael Rawson crossed the line in 1:07:50: 102nd of 404 men's teams, faster than 75% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:54 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:19 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,189 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:03 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:31Running 1 3:34v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:31Running 2 4:54v median −0:16
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Block 03 8:32Running 3 5:21v median −0:14
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Block 04 8:16Running 4 5:24v median −0:12
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 5:33v median −0:17
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 5:17v median −0:27
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Block 07 8:21Running 7 5:30v median −0:14
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Block 08 8:02Running 8 4:13v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 399
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 399 men's teams who finished.