The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Robinson & Aidan Styles finished 399th of 404 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:51:01.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:37 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:14 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 9:05Running 1 4:54v median +1:08
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Block 02 10:56Running 2 9:33v median +4:23
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Block 03 13:39Running 3 9:49v median +4:14
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Block 04 14:53Running 4 9:44v median +4:08
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Block 05 15:28Running 5 10:26v median +4:36
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Block 06 11:50Running 6 9:47v median +4:03
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Block 07 16:05Running 7 9:43v median +3:59
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Block 08 11:00Running 8 5:53v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:14
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.