The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Gibbons & Liam Edwards finished 453rd of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:13:22.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 26% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 0:46. The race faded late: the second half went 1:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:30Running 1 3:30v median −0:04
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 5:01v median +0:00
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 5:22v median +0:02
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Block 04 9:11Running 4 5:29v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:42v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:36Running 6 5:45v median +0:16
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Block 07 9:51Running 7 5:35v median +0:04
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Block 08 9:45Running 8 4:42v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:05
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.