The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Charlie Smith & Michael Mcmonagle finished 574th of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:18:42.
The stations carried this race: faster than 59% of the field across all eight, against 30% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:22 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:45 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 7:27Running 1 3:45v median +0:11
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Block 02 7:26Running 2 5:38v median +0:37
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 5:53v median +0:33
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Block 04 9:32Running 4 6:01v median +0:38
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 6:03v median +0:32
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 6:16v median +0:47
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Block 07 8:22Running 7 6:14v median +0:43
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Block 08 9:44Running 8 5:09v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:45
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.