The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Massey & Richard Deavall finished 270th of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:20:45.
The stations carried this race: faster than 64% of the field across all eight, against 27% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:45 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,189 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:03 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:52Running 1 3:58v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 5:35v median +0:25
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Block 03 9:50Running 3 6:22v median +0:47
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Block 04 9:52Running 4 6:26v median +0:50
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 6:45v median +0:55
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 6:35v median +0:51
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Block 07 8:32Running 7 6:32v median +0:48
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Block 08 10:09Running 8 5:30v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
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.