The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andrew Merriman & Luke Merriman finished 272nd of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:21:00.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:30 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:07 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:03.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:43Running 1 3:40v median −0:06
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 5:27v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:48Running 3 6:00v median +0:25
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Block 04 11:05Running 4 6:02v median +0:26
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 6:06v median +0:16
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 6:00v median +0:16
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 5:58v median +0:14
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Block 08 9:32Running 8 5:05v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:40
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.