The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mike Jones & Chris Kelly finished 212th of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:15:26.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:11. The race faded late: the second half went 1:05 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 7:39Running 1 3:44v median −0:02
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Block 02 6:45Running 2 5:09v median −0:01
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Block 03 8:49Running 3 5:29v median −0:06
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Block 04 9:24Running 4 5:27v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:44v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 5:41v median −0:03
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 5:42v median −0:02
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Block 08 9:17Running 8 4:53v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:05
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.