The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2023, Cole Walker-Taylor & Ellis Curnow crossed the line in 1:13:08: 94th of 229 men's teams, faster than 59% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 85% of the field across all eight, against 42% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:51 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:04 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 162 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:25 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:17Running 1 6:38v median +0:23
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 5:28v median +0:19
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Block 03 8:28Running 3 5:54v median +0:22
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 6:01v median +0:27
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 6:01v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 5:41v median +0:07
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Block 07 8:14Running 7 5:39v median +0:02
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Block 08 9:17Running 8 5:52v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:08
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.