The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:24 at Manchester 2026 put Ed Waters & Ben Oakley 762nd of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 42% of the field beaten on the stations, against 2% on the runs. A harder second half: 4:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 8:29 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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 8:25Running 1 4:23v median +0:49
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Block 02 10:48Running 2 9:07v median +4:06
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Block 03 11:51Running 3 9:14v median +3:54
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Block 04 12:32Running 4 9:14v median +3:51
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Block 05 14:26Running 5 9:28v median +3:57
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Block 06 10:07Running 6 9:24v median +3:55
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Block 07 14:03Running 7 9:26v median +3:55
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Block 08 9:49Running 8 5:16v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:29
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.