The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jamie Smith & Geert Van Der Veen finished 344th of 398 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:29:59.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:56 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:34 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:33Running 1 5:07v median +1:20
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Block 02 7:35Running 2 5:23v median +0:13
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Block 03 13:27Running 3 9:04v median +3:31
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 5:54v median +0:16
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 6:18v median +0:28
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 5:48v median +0:04
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 6:02v median +0:21
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Block 08 12:08Running 8 7:09v median +2:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:13
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 391
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 391 men's teams who finished.