The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:15 at Cardiff 2026 put Simon Critchlow 397th of 528 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:54. The race faded late: the second half went 1:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and Manchester 2024 were 4:14 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:52Running 1 6:04v median +0:52
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 5:38v median +0:50
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 5:49v median +0:41
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Block 04 12:51Running 4 5:55v median +0:50
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 6:05v median +0:51
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Block 06 8:56Running 6 6:17v median +0:52
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Block 07 13:36Running 7 5:44v median +0:53
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Block 08 15:01Running 8 7:13v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 518
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 518 men who finished.