The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:12:52 at Manchester 2026 put Ricky Martin & Ben Pickering 213th of 279 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 1:12 better against the middle of the field than before it. The roxzone cost time: 5:11, behind 85% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:16 more than the average race this season, going by 227 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:42Running 1 3:57v median +0:48
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Block 02 7:14Running 2 5:31v median +1:01
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Block 03 9:31Running 3 5:52v median +1:02
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Block 04 8:17Running 4 5:44v median +0:53
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 5:48v median +0:51
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:46v median +0:56
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Block 07 9:03Running 7 5:48v median +0:50
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Block 08 8:47Running 8 4:41v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:11
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 278
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 278 men's teams who finished.