The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, Thomas Sheldon & Kareem Abu-Khalil crossed the line in 1:08:39: 318th of 794 men's teams, faster than 60% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 92% of the field beaten on the stations, against 54% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:02 on the median.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,189 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:03 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:15Running 1 3:31v median −0:03
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 5:05v median +0:04
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Block 03 8:09Running 3 5:17v median −0:03
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Block 04 7:51Running 4 5:19v median −0:04
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Block 05 9:37Running 5 5:27v median −0:04
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:33v median +0:04
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Block 07 7:01Running 7 5:29v median −0:02
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Block 08 8:29Running 8 4:24v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:27
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 788
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 788 men's teams who finished.