The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:04:04 at Manchester 2026 put Joseph Strain 22nd of 130 men in the Pro division, ahead of 83% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 95% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 73% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:57 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 3:28, was faster than 85% of the field.
Manchester ran slow: the 330 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:56 slower here than at their other races. 0:56 slower than at Birmingham 2025, the previous Pro race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:40Running 1 2:41v median −0:20
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 3:44v median −0:39
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Block 03 8:17Running 3 3:56v median −0:48
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Block 04 7:10Running 4 3:55v median −0:52
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Block 05 8:09Running 5 3:56v median −0:57
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Block 06 6:19Running 6 4:01v median −0:48
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Block 07 8:22Running 7 4:02v median −0:48
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Block 08 8:48Running 8 3:15v median −0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:28
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 129
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 129 men who finished.