The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:28 at Manchester 2026 put Sam Nock & Josh O’Brien 773rd of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:05. A harder second half: 3:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 7:28 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 11:12Running 1 6:43v median +3:09
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Block 02 9:17Running 2 7:18v median +2:17
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Block 03 11:50Running 3 7:57v median +2:37
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Block 04 12:52Running 4 7:50v median +2:27
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Block 05 12:58Running 5 7:55v median +2:24
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Block 06 10:00Running 6 8:05v median +2:36
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Block 07 14:29Running 7 7:50v median +2:19
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Block 08 13:27Running 8 7:02v median +2:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
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.