The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2023, Thomas Marshall & Kimberley Pickett crossed the line in 1:21:45: 103rd of 211 mixed teams, faster than 51% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 68% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:00 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:49 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 2:50 more than the average race this season, going by 137 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:16Running 1 7:18v median +0:30
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 5:18v median −0:18
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Block 03 8:31Running 3 5:36v median −0:18
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Block 04 10:48Running 4 5:28v median −0:30
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:35v median −0:30
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:19v median −0:40
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 5:19v median −0:40
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Block 08 10:52Running 8 5:56v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:31
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 203
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 203 mixed teams who finished.