The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Williams & Oliver Gedlek finished 401st of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:11:09.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 40% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:21Running 1 3:32v median −0:02
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Block 02 6:28Running 2 5:08v median +0:07
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Block 03 8:21Running 3 5:36v median +0:16
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Block 04 8:27Running 4 5:40v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 6:09v median +0:38
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Block 06 6:55Running 6 5:32v median +0:03
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Block 07 9:25Running 7 6:06v median +0:35
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Block 08 9:23Running 8 5:02v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:32
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.