The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:37 at Manchester 2026 put Seb Mattey & Ed Smith 313th of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 16% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:48 better against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:23, behind 91% of the field.
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 8:29Running 1 4:16v median +0:30
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Block 02 5:20Running 2 4:00v median −1:10
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Block 03 14:51Running 3 11:36v median +6:01
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Block 04 8:47Running 4 6:56v median +1:20
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 7:04v median +1:14
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Block 06 8:38Running 6 6:41v median +0:57
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 6:16v median +0:32
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Block 08 9:37Running 8 5:01v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 399
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 399 men's teams who finished.