The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:35 at Manchester 2026 put Steven Smith & Graham Hunn 259th of 398 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 28% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:42 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 7:41Running 1 3:53v median +0:06
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Block 02 6:50Running 2 5:34v median +0:24
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 6:31v median +0:58
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Block 04 10:12Running 4 6:24v median +0:46
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 6:46v median +0:56
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Block 06 8:16Running 6 6:34v median +0:50
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 6:34v median +0:53
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Block 08 9:34Running 8 5:34v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:44
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.