The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:02 at Manchester 2026 put James Banks & Paul Rhodes 262nd of 279 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 5:26 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 8:15Running 1 4:11v median +1:02
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 5:57v median +1:27
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 6:18v median +1:28
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 6:40v median +1:49
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 6:54v median +1:57
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:42v median +1:52
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Block 07 11:10Running 7 6:43v median +1:45
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Block 08 10:27Running 8 5:49v median +1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:26
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.