The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Morgan & Adam Smith finished 289th of 398 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:23:02.
The stations carried this race: faster than 56% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:33 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:53 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 7:13Running 1 3:18v median −0:29
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 5:04v median −0:06
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Block 03 11:47Running 3 8:32v median +2:59
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 8:36v median +2:58
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Block 05 11:29Running 5 6:42v median +0:52
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:38v median −0:06
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Block 07 7:48Running 7 5:41v median +0:00
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Block 08 12:08Running 8 7:17v median +2:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:29
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.