The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Orchard & Marc Henderson finished 497th of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:14:55.
The runs carried this race: faster than 49% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 0:42. The race faded late: the second half went 1:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:22Running 1 3:25v median −0:09
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 5:02v median +0:01
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Block 03 9:05Running 3 5:28v median +0:08
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Block 04 9:14Running 4 5:34v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:39v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:34v median +0:05
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Block 07 9:44Running 7 5:37v median +0:06
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Block 08 9:39Running 8 4:40v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:17
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.