The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Walker & Jack Beaton finished 545th of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:17:05.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 29% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:03 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:21 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 7:38Running 1 3:49v median +0:15
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 5:11v median +0:10
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Block 03 8:49Running 3 5:59v median +0:39
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Block 04 8:38Running 4 6:00v median +0:37
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 6:26v median +0:55
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 6:19v median +0:50
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Block 07 11:01Running 7 6:24v median +0:53
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Block 08 9:41Running 8 5:12v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:14
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.