The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:31 at Manchester 2026 put Jacob Didcock & Ben Whitehead 352nd of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:58. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:28 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 9:50Running 1 5:56v median +2:10
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Block 02 10:33Running 2 8:45v median +3:35
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Block 03 12:36Running 3 9:04v median +3:29
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Block 04 10:00Running 4 6:21v median +0:45
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 6:08v median +0:18
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Block 06 8:19Running 6 6:14v median +0:30
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Block 07 9:44Running 7 5:56v median +0:12
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Block 08 14:09Running 8 7:45v median +2:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:50
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.