The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:24 at Manchester 2026 put Garry Buck & Linda Atkin 267th of 297 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 42% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:30 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:06 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 8:29Running 1 4:16v median +0:07
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Block 02 10:57Running 2 8:57v median +3:05
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Block 03 13:20Running 3 9:15v median +3:03
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Block 04 13:34Running 4 9:20v median +3:09
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Block 05 14:25Running 5 9:32v median +3:15
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Block 06 11:29Running 6 9:26v median +3:11
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Block 07 14:17Running 7 9:30v median +3:14
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Block 08 10:09Running 8 5:30v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:53
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.