The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, Ben Garrard & Tom Blake crossed the line in 1:05:24: 217th of 794 men's teams, faster than 73% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 93% of the field across all eight, against 67% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:12 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:00 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:03Running 1 3:22v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:24Running 2 4:44v median −0:17
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Block 03 7:29Running 3 5:02v median −0:18
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Block 04 8:17Running 4 5:08v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 5:17v median −0:14
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Block 06 6:28Running 6 5:00v median −0:29
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Block 07 6:33Running 7 5:11v median −0:20
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Block 08 8:23Running 8 4:07v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:33
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 788
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 788 men's teams who finished.