The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sebastian Birch & Joseph Norris finished 174th of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:12:27, faster than 57% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 89% of the field across all eight, against 52% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:53 ahead of the median.
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 7:39Running 1 3:59v median +0:13
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 5:21v median +0:11
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Block 03 8:22Running 3 5:29v median −0:06
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Block 04 9:07Running 4 5:38v median +0:02
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:52v median +0:02
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:41v median −0:03
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Block 07 7:44Running 7 5:52v median +0:08
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Block 08 8:48Running 8 4:46v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:52
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.