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United Kingdom / Manchester 2026 / Doubles Open · Men / Season 8 (2025/26)

Paul Bircham & Brian Nolf — Manchester 2026

Paul Bircham Brian Nolf
M 55-59 n = 398
Finish · net time
1:35:25
+20:59 v median 1:14:26
Course +1:03 v season average ±0:16 · 1,189 teams
Men
361/398
55-59
4/6
Field beaten
9%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
10%
Runs
8%
Stations
Biggest gain
50m Sled Push
+0:17
v median
339/398
Rank
Biggest loss
100m Sandbag Lunges
+1:37
v median
369/398
Rank

The race, in words

Paul Bircham & Brian Nolf finished 361st of 398 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:35:25.

The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:37 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:50 worse 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

  1. Block 01 9:10
    Running 1 4:54
    v median +1:07
    1000m SkiErg 4:16
    v median +0:21
  2. Block 02 8:51
    Running 2 6:56
    v median +1:46
    50m Sled Push 1:55
    v median +0:17
  3. Block 03 11:38
    Running 3 7:16
    v median +1:43
    50m Sled Pull 4:22
    v median +1:15
  4. Block 04 12:08
    Running 4 7:25
    v median +1:47
    80m Burpee Broad Jump 4:43
    v median +1:24
  5. Block 05 12:51
    Running 5 7:48
    v median +1:58
    1000m Row 5:03
    v median +0:35
  6. Block 06 9:46
    Running 6 7:42
    v median +1:58
    200m Farmers Carry 2:04
    v median +0:22
  7. Block 07 13:04
    Running 7 7:47
    v median +2:06
    100m Sandbag Lunges 5:17
    v median +1:37
  8. Block 08 12:12
    Running 8 6:25
    v median +1:35
    Wall Balls 5:47
    v median +1:21

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 5:52

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:51
0:17 0:34
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:37
0:08 0:29
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:33
0:05 0:28
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:19
0:11 0:08
B5 · 1000m Row
0:48
0:33 0:15
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:20
0:47 0:33
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:24
0:47 0:37
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

10:00 10:00 20:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 21:28
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 21:28 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Doubles Open · Men at Manchester 2026

See this race on page 30
Source Official
Event
Manchester 2026
Division
HYROX DOUBLES
Contest
HD_LR3MS4JI1262
Measured against
Men · n = 398