The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:04 at Manchester 2026 put Owain Ellis & David Yates 678th of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 7% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:32 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:04 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 7:26Running 1 3:33v median −0:01
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Block 02 9:46Running 2 8:11v median +3:10
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Block 03 11:37Running 3 8:23v median +3:03
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Block 04 11:11Running 4 8:21v median +2:58
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Block 05 10:54Running 5 6:13v median +0:42
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Block 06 9:52Running 6 8:21v median +2:52
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Block 07 12:20Running 7 8:14v median +2:43
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Block 08 8:43Running 8 4:04v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:23
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.