The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gary Crawford & Matthew McDowell finished in the top 10% of the field at Gdansk 2026, in 52:23 for 2nd of 508 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:34 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:18 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 3:53, ahead of 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Gdansk gained about 2:41.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:32Running 1 2:56v median −1:09
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Block 02 4:57Running 2 3:27v median −1:33
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Block 03 5:55Running 3 3:39v median −1:39
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Block 04 5:48Running 4 3:28v median −1:52
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Block 05 7:26Running 5 3:39v median −1:48
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Block 06 5:13Running 6 3:50v median −1:26
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Block 07 5:32Running 7 3:35v median −1:42
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Block 08 7:14Running 8 4:03v median −1:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:53
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 507
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 507 men's teams who finished.