The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:56 at Manchester 2026 put Anthony Boyce & Aileen Murdoch 669th of 824 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 40% of the field across all eight, against 16% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:53 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 7:45 in the roxzone was slower than 85% 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 8:55Running 1 4:36v median +0:34
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 6:39v median +0:57
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Block 03 10:30Running 3 6:55v median +0:55
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Block 04 11:51Running 4 7:17v median +1:15
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Block 05 12:36Running 5 7:42v median +1:34
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Block 06 9:08Running 6 7:21v median +1:17
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Block 07 11:40Running 7 7:15v median +1:10
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Block 08 10:17Running 8 5:58v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:45
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.