The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andrew Smart & Stephen Bennett finished 215th of 398 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:15:58.
The runs carried this race: faster than 53% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:33 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:43Running 1 3:45v median −0:02
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 5:08v median −0:02
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Block 03 8:57Running 3 5:30v median −0:03
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Block 04 9:24Running 4 5:37v median −0:01
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:55v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 5:44v median +0:00
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Block 07 9:40Running 7 5:33v median −0:08
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Block 08 10:53Running 8 4:54v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:15
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.