The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Damien Rafferty & Andy Caffrey finished 271st of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:20:50.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:01 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:47 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 8:08Running 1 3:44v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 5:10v median +0:00
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 5:16v median −0:19
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Block 04 8:58Running 4 5:11v median −0:25
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:25v median −0:25
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:25v median −0:19
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 5:28v median −0:16
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Block 08 13:58Running 8 6:31v median +1:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:18
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.