The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:44 at Manchester 2026 put Dominic Welsby & Liam Poole 274th of 398 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 51% of the field across all eight, against 30% on the runs. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:16 of the median. A harder second half: 5:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 7:33Running 1 3:41v median −0:06
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 5:14v median +0:04
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 6:05v median +0:32
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Block 04 9:15Running 4 6:08v median +0:30
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 6:30v median +0:40
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:51v median +1:07
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 7:00v median +1:19
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Block 08 10:25Running 8 6:02v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:08
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.