The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Watson & Ore Oduba finished 776th of 794 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:44:35.
On the row the field had the edge, by 1:47. A harder second half: 6:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:10 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 7:41Running 1 3:44v median +0:10
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Block 02 10:32Running 2 8:32v median +3:31
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Block 03 11:47Running 3 8:47v median +3:27
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Block 04 13:07Running 4 8:53v median +3:30
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Block 05 15:28Running 5 9:18v median +3:47
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Block 06 11:35Running 6 9:15v median +3:46
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Block 07 15:13Running 7 10:28v median +4:57
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Block 08 10:09Running 8 5:15v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:10
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.