The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Adam Anderson & Paul Birkett finished 344th of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:29:55.
A station race more than a running one: 31% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 0:44. The race faded late: the second half went 1:52 worse 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 8:54Running 1 4:48v median +1:02
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 6:26v median +1:16
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Block 03 10:18Running 3 6:44v median +1:09
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Block 04 11:44Running 4 7:27v median +1:51
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Block 05 12:15Running 5 7:03v median +1:13
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Block 06 8:52Running 6 7:07v median +1:23
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Block 07 11:09Running 7 7:24v median +1:40
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Block 08 12:39Running 8 8:11v median +3:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:02
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.