The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robert Smith & Burgess Jordan finished 193rd of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:13:58, faster than 52% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 85% of the field beaten on the stations, against 33% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:03 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:41Running 1 3:48v median +0:02
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 5:32v median +0:22
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Block 03 8:26Running 3 5:57v median +0:22
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Block 04 8:42Running 4 6:12v median +0:36
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 6:47v median +0:57
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 6:23v median +0:39
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Block 07 10:39Running 7 6:42v median +0:58
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Block 08 8:41Running 8 5:02v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:07
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.