The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marc Hopkins & Ashley Loader finished 242nd of 398 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:17:56.
The runs carried this race: faster than 55% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:03. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:13 better 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 7:47Running 1 3:52v median +0:05
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Block 02 7:01Running 2 5:10v median +0:00
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Block 03 9:24Running 3 5:24v median −0:09
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Block 04 10:51Running 4 5:29v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:52v median +0:02
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:38v median −0:06
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Block 07 10:23Running 7 5:48v median +0:07
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Block 08 9:26Running 8 4:32v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:19
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.