The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sophie Ullah & Geoff Graves finished 789th of 824 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:45:21.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 9:22, behind 95% of the field.
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 9:32Running 1 5:12v median +1:10
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Block 02 9:25Running 2 7:18v median +1:36
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 7:40v median +1:40
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Block 04 12:29Running 4 7:39v median +1:37
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Block 05 13:25Running 5 8:28v median +2:20
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Block 06 9:31Running 6 7:26v median +1:22
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Block 07 16:25Running 7 9:37v median +3:32
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Block 08 14:02Running 8 9:08v median +4:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:22
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.