The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andrew Willis & Patrick Highton finished 128th of 229 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:17:40.
The stations carried this race: faster than 69% of the field across all eight, against 32% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:07 on the median. A harder second half: 1:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 10:24Running 1 6:34v median +0:19
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Block 02 6:48Running 2 5:27v median +0:18
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Block 03 9:02Running 3 6:12v median +0:40
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Block 04 7:57Running 4 5:56v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 6:10v median +0:29
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 6:03v median +0:29
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Block 07 9:09Running 7 5:55v median +0:18
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Block 08 10:56Running 8 6:45v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
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.