The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:49 at Toronto 2026 put David Burns & Steven Francis 160th of 218 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:14. A harder second half: 1:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Toronto ran slow: the 426 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:53 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:24Running 1 6:19v median +1:32
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Block 02 7:51Running 2 5:58v median +1:30
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 6:05v median +1:19
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 6:06v median +1:25
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 6:08v median +1:20
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 6:20v median +1:36
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Block 07 11:55Running 7 6:28v median +1:39
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Block 08 12:17Running 8 5:27v median +1:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:41
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 216
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 216 men's teams who finished.