The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aaron Hudson & Theo English finished 284th of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:22:12.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:51 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 6:53Running 1 2:59v median −0:47
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 5:24v median +0:14
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Block 03 9:30Running 3 6:26v median +0:51
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Block 04 8:57Running 4 5:37v median +0:01
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:33v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:59v median +0:15
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Block 07 13:06Running 7 5:30v median −0:14
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Block 08 11:57Running 8 6:58v median +2:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:05
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.