The race, in three figures
The race, in words
George Andrew & Isobel Melia finished 510th of 824 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:22:41.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:35. The race faded late: the second half went 1:08 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 4:13v median +0:11
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 5:51v median +0:09
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 5:52v median −0:08
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Block 04 10:16Running 4 5:56v median −0:06
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Block 05 10:49Running 5 6:05v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 6:15v median +0:11
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Block 07 11:50Running 7 6:17v median +0:12
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Block 08 9:39Running 8 5:00v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:51
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.