The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:25 at Manchester 2026 put Chris Pickford & Jen Pickford 444th of 824 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 87% of the field across all eight, against 26% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:06 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 0:39 more than the average race this season, going by 913 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:05Running 1 4:22v median +0:20
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 6:12v median +0:30
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 6:51v median +0:51
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Block 04 9:30Running 4 6:38v median +0:36
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 6:41v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:52Running 6 6:44v median +0:40
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Block 07 10:23Running 7 6:54v median +0:49
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Block 08 9:05Running 8 5:35v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:05
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 821
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 821 mixed teams who finished.