The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:46:52 at Cardiff 2026 put Michael McEvoy 461st of 528 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:00 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 7:52 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
The field ran 3:29 faster at Cardiff 2026 than at Manchester 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:12Running 1 5:56v median +0:44
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Block 02 10:15Running 2 6:10v median +1:22
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Block 03 11:57Running 3 6:12v median +1:04
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Block 04 11:05Running 4 6:09v median +1:04
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Block 05 13:42Running 5 8:10v median +2:56
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Block 06 9:48Running 6 6:27v median +1:02
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Block 07 14:05Running 7 6:07v median +1:16
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Block 08 17:01Running 8 7:52v median +1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:52
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.