The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:39 at Manchester 2026 put Mark Geraghty & Roisin Murray 159th of 297 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 81% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 3:04 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:43 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 8:12Running 1 3:32v median −0:37
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 4:42v median −1:10
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Block 03 12:11Running 3 5:15v median −0:57
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Block 04 9:03Running 4 5:04v median −1:07
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 5:20v median −0:57
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Block 06 9:01Running 6 5:09v median −1:06
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Block 07 11:04Running 7 4:59v median −1:17
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Block 08 11:20Running 8 5:58v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:15
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 295
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 295 mixed teams who finished.