The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Mcnally & Paul Burns finished 220th of 398 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:16:15.
A station race more than a running one: 92% of the field beaten on the stations, against 31% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:16 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:10 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,189 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:03 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:48Running 1 4:51v median +1:04
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Block 02 6:42Running 2 5:15v median +0:05
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Block 03 11:55Running 3 9:11v median +3:38
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Block 04 8:14Running 4 5:44v median +0:06
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Block 05 9:56Running 5 5:21v median −0:29
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Block 06 6:48Running 6 5:25v median −0:19
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Block 07 6:38Running 7 5:14v median −0:27
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Block 08 10:54Running 8 6:11v median +1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:28
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.