The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:11 at Manchester 2026 put Samuel Smith & Phil Ash 295th of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:01 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:44 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:49Running 1 3:48v median +0:02
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 5:38v median +0:28
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 6:32v median +0:57
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Block 04 10:26Running 4 6:25v median +0:49
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Block 05 11:19Running 5 6:40v median +0:50
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 6:36v median +0:52
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Block 07 11:21Running 7 6:35v median +0:51
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Block 08 10:42Running 8 5:31v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:53
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.