The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rebecca Spence & Benjamin Spence finished 205th of 297 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:29:44.
A station race more than a running one: 62% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:45 on the median. A harder second half: 4:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Manchester ran slow: the 913 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:42Running 1 5:38v median +1:38
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 6:17v median +0:40
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Block 03 10:21Running 3 6:34v median +0:31
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Block 04 9:54Running 4 6:58v median +0:52
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Block 05 12:00Running 5 7:18v median +1:07
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Block 06 9:18Running 6 7:33v median +1:24
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Block 07 12:53Running 7 8:22v median +2:11
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Block 08 10:41Running 8 6:19v median +1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
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.