The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Wiles & Elsa Thwaites finished 641st of 824 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:29:02.
The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:15 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 0:39 more than the average race this season, going by 913 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:02Running 1 5:50v median +1:48
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Block 02 7:35Running 2 5:46v median +0:04
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 6:25v median +0:25
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Block 04 11:12Running 4 6:19v median +0:17
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 6:45v median +0:37
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Block 06 9:38Running 6 7:30v median +1:26
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Block 07 11:47Running 7 6:55v median +0:50
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Block 08 10:50Running 8 5:55v median +0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:24
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.