The race, in three figures
The race, in words
George Powney-Houghton & Frankie Vaughan finished 733rd of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:33:08.
The stations carried this race: faster than 37% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:38 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:29 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
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 8:05Running 1 4:17v median +0:43
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Block 02 8:49Running 2 6:51v median +1:50
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Block 03 11:31Running 3 7:46v median +2:26
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Block 04 9:35Running 4 7:28v median +2:05
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Block 05 13:13Running 5 8:09v median +2:38
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Block 06 9:22Running 6 7:44v median +2:15
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Block 07 12:06Running 7 7:43v median +2:12
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Block 08 11:06Running 8 6:45v median +2:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:29
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.