The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jamie Baxter & Rob Alexander finished 582nd of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:19:15.
A station race more than a running one: 65% of the field beaten on the stations, against 27% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:19 on the median. 8:55 in the roxzone was slower than 95% 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 7:56Running 1 4:09v median +0:35
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 5:36v median +0:35
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Block 03 9:15Running 3 6:12v median +0:52
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 6:06v median +0:43
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 6:03v median +0:32
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 6:21v median +0:52
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Block 07 8:23Running 7 6:08v median +0:37
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Block 08 9:02Running 8 5:10v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:55
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.