The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Cowley & Lydia Cowley finished 262nd of 410 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2024, in 1:21:39.
A station race more than a running one: 59% of the field beaten on the stations, against 28% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:53 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Manchester gained about 1:07.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:37Running 1 3:47v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 5:53v median +0:25
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 6:25v median +0:45
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Block 04 9:39Running 4 6:28v median +0:47
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 6:47v median +0:58
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 6:39v median +0:55
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Block 07 11:27Running 7 6:48v median +1:01
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Block 08 11:26Running 8 7:08v median +1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:39
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 408
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 408 mixed teams who finished.