The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:27 at Manchester 2026 put Ross Mclaughlin & Alison Murdock 223rd of 297 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 16% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:53. A harder second half: 2:17 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 8:47Running 1 4:38v median +0:29
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Block 02 9:07Running 2 6:23v median +0:31
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Block 03 11:00Running 3 6:33v median +0:21
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Block 04 11:06Running 4 6:30v median +0:19
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Block 05 12:00Running 5 6:37v median +0:20
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Block 06 8:55Running 6 6:38v median +0:23
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Block 07 12:55Running 7 6:45v median +0:29
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Block 08 11:12Running 8 5:30v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:34
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.