The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Irvine & John Mckay finished 345th of 398 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:30:09.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 7:43, behind 86% 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 9:38Running 1 5:38v median +1:51
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:46v median +0:36
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Block 03 11:25Running 3 8:55v median +3:22
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Block 04 10:08Running 4 6:50v median +1:12
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Block 05 11:41Running 5 6:58v median +1:08
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 7:10v median +1:26
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Block 07 11:52Running 7 7:41v median +2:00
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Block 08 12:00Running 8 7:02v median +2:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:43
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.