The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jessica Kennedy & Dean Maddocks finished 230th of 297 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:33:49.
Legs and stations told different stories: 30% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 2:23 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:23 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 8:51Running 1 4:18v median +0:18
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 6:05v median +0:28
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Block 03 11:17Running 3 6:41v median +0:38
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Block 04 12:42Running 4 6:38v median +0:32
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 7:01v median +0:50
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Block 06 9:38Running 6 7:17v median +1:08
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Block 07 12:28Running 7 6:52v median +0:41
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Block 08 12:44Running 8 6:11v median +1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:40
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.