The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Angus Wood & Gareth Hughes finished 680th of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:26:14.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:14 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 7:24 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 8:50Running 1 4:15v median +0:41
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 5:57v median +0:56
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 6:34v median +1:14
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Block 04 10:29Running 4 6:36v median +1:13
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 6:30v median +0:59
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 6:38v median +1:09
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 6:27v median +0:56
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Block 08 10:37Running 8 5:21v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:24
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.