The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Olivia Butler & Richard Hier finished 625th of 824 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:28:24.
The stations carried this race: faster than 55% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 4:13 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:50 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
Manchester ran slow: the 913 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:03Running 1 4:28v median +0:26
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 5:49v median +0:07
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Block 03 9:50Running 3 6:02v median +0:02
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Block 04 8:14Running 4 6:08v median +0:06
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Block 05 15:50Running 5 11:02v median +4:54
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 6:00v median −0:04
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 5:55v median −0:10
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Block 08 11:27Running 8 6:16v median +1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:50
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.