The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Phil Megaw & Neil Armstrong finished 117th of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:08:34, faster than 71% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 92% of the field beaten on the stations, against 67% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:58 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:21 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 7:48Running 1 3:52v median +0:06
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 5:09v median −0:01
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Block 03 8:22Running 3 5:16v median −0:19
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Block 04 6:54Running 4 5:19v median −0:17
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Block 05 9:44Running 5 5:21v median −0:29
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 5:21v median −0:23
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Block 07 8:33Running 7 5:22v median −0:22
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Block 08 8:19Running 8 4:19v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:46
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.