The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Stewart & Jacob Barlow finished 561st of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:17:55.
A station race more than a running one: 76% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:19 better 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 6:32Running 1 3:02v median −0:32
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Block 02 6:16Running 2 4:45v median −0:16
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 8:41v median +3:21
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Block 04 11:54Running 4 8:53v median +3:30
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:47v median +0:16
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 5:39v median +0:10
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Block 07 9:03Running 7 5:49v median +0:18
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Block 08 10:11Running 8 6:20v median +1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:10
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.