The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Damon Steele & Christopher Spiers finished 278th of 279 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division at Manchester 2026, in 1:39:39.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:02. A harder second half: 4:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 7:57 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 8:20Running 1 4:10v median +1:01
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 5:39v median +1:09
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Block 03 13:39Running 3 7:53v median +3:03
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Block 04 12:58Running 4 8:01v median +3:10
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Block 05 12:16Running 5 7:44v median +2:47
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Block 06 9:20Running 6 7:24v median +2:34
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Block 07 12:11Running 7 7:17v median +2:19
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Block 08 15:12Running 8 6:04v median +2:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.