The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Smith & Dean Trubshaw finished 635th of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:22:08.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:32 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:22Running 1 4:24v median +0:50
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Block 02 7:51Running 2 6:15v median +1:14
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 6:29v median +1:09
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Block 04 10:11Running 4 6:28v median +1:05
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Block 05 11:40Running 5 6:52v median +1:21
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 6:38v median +1:09
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Block 07 10:50Running 7 6:44v median +1:13
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Block 08 10:00Running 8 5:29v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:32
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.