The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ross Archibald & Demeter Kovacs finished 250th of 279 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division at Manchester 2026, in 1:19:32.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:30 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:46 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:59Running 1 3:43v median +0:34
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 5:12v median +0:42
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:20v median +0:30
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Block 04 9:14Running 4 5:35v median +0:44
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:55v median +0:58
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Block 06 7:08Running 6 5:23v median +0:33
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Block 07 10:41Running 7 5:34v median +0:36
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Block 08 12:08Running 8 7:13v median +3:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:17
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.