The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ella Birkbeck & Calum Hepworth finished in the top 10% of the field at Manchester 2026, in 1:04:28 for 23rd of 297 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:55 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:04 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:45, was faster than 92% 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 7:19Running 1 3:24v median −0:36
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Block 02 6:24Running 2 4:30v median −1:07
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Block 03 8:14Running 3 4:38v median −1:25
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Block 04 7:40Running 4 4:35v median −1:31
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Block 05 9:16Running 5 4:46v median −1:25
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Block 06 6:19Running 6 4:48v median −1:21
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Block 07 8:13Running 7 4:48v median −1:23
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Block 08 7:26Running 8 3:45v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:45
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 297
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 297 mixed teams who finished.