The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Cain Tailford & Jonas Girdlestone finished 213th of 398 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:15:54.
A station race more than a running one: 59% of the field beaten on the stations, against 36% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 1:23 better against the middle of the field 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 8:10Running 1 4:10v median +0:23
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Block 02 7:35Running 2 6:04v median +0:54
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 6:13v median +0:40
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Block 04 9:01Running 4 6:08v median +0:30
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 6:30v median +0:40
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Block 06 7:46Running 6 6:10v median +0:26
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Block 07 9:56Running 7 6:02v median +0:21
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Block 08 9:00Running 8 4:38v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:29
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 391
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 391 men's teams who finished.