The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Cox & James Mann finished 554th of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:17:35.
The stations carried this race: faster than 64% of the field across all eight, against 27% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:55 on the median. The roxzone cost time: 7:16, behind 89% of the field.
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 7:46Running 1 3:55v median +0:21
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Block 02 7:07Running 2 5:32v median +0:31
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 5:53v median +0:33
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 6:31v median +1:08
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 6:29v median +0:58
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 6:04v median +0:35
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Block 07 8:43Running 7 6:04v median +0:33
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Block 08 9:58Running 8 5:11v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
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.