The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:34 at Manchester 2026 put Lucy Hancock & Jack Hichens 192nd of 297 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 76% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:07 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:51Running 1 4:49v median +0:40
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 6:48v median +0:56
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 6:56v median +0:44
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Block 04 9:02Running 4 7:19v median +1:08
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Block 05 11:59Running 5 7:27v median +1:10
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Block 06 9:16Running 6 7:21v median +1:06
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Block 07 11:40Running 7 7:35v median +1:19
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Block 08 11:01Running 8 6:01v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:51
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.