The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andrew Bains & Stuart Bell finished 38th of 229 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:06:18, faster than 83% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 97% of the field beaten on the stations, against 65% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 3:12 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:44 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:25 more than the average race this season, going by 162 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:40Running 1 6:05v median −0:10
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Block 02 6:24Running 2 4:57v median −0:12
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 5:13v median −0:19
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Block 04 7:41Running 4 5:16v median −0:18
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Block 05 9:18Running 5 5:19v median −0:22
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 5:11v median −0:23
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Block 07 5:32Running 7 5:18v median −0:19
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Block 08 9:16Running 8 5:34v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:34
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 222
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 222 men's teams who finished.