The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Paul McNulty at Manchester 2026: 1:05:45, 36th of 529 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:40 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:13 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:47, was faster than 92% of the field.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:31Running 1 2:41v median −0:55
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 4:14v median −0:51
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Block 03 8:09Running 3 4:43v median −0:40
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Block 04 8:52Running 4 4:48v median −0:41
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Block 05 9:01Running 5 4:51v median −0:48
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 4:52v median −0:39
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Block 07 8:25Running 7 4:35v median −0:55
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Block 08 8:15Running 8 3:47v median −1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:47
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.