The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:10:15 at Manchester 2026 put James Taylor & Sheung Chi 142nd of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 65% of the field.
A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:11 from the median. A harder second half: 2:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 7:14Running 1 3:28v median −0:18
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Block 02 6:14Running 2 4:35v median −0:35
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Block 03 7:57Running 3 4:52v median −0:43
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Block 04 8:18Running 4 4:56v median −0:40
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 5:21v median −0:29
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 5:09v median −0:35
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Block 07 9:01Running 7 5:08v median −0:36
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Block 08 10:37Running 8 6:12v median +1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:27
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.