The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rory Piers Spicer finished 91st of 121 men in the Pro division at Manchester 2026, in 1:23:53.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:00. The race faded late: the second half went 6:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 330 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:56 slower here than at their other races. That was 8:50 off the time at Stockholm 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:34Running 1 2:34v median −0:30
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Block 02 9:01Running 2 4:19v median −0:04
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Block 03 10:12Running 3 4:48v median +0:04
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Block 04 9:35Running 4 4:50v median +0:00
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Block 05 9:05Running 5 4:48v median −0:02
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Block 06 9:04Running 6 4:39v median −0:06
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Block 07 11:49Running 7 4:52v median +0:00
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Block 08 14:21Running 8 4:09v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 120
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 120 men who finished.