The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ken Carroll finished in the top 10% of the field at Manchester 2026, in 1:07:16 for 43rd of 529 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:34 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:02 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:52, was faster than 90% 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. 5:37 slower than at Paris 1 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:14Running 1 3:05v median −0:31
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Block 02 6:42Running 2 4:21v median −0:44
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Block 03 7:40Running 3 4:27v median −0:56
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Block 04 8:31Running 4 4:33v median −0:56
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Block 05 8:57Running 5 4:35v median −1:04
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Block 06 6:11Running 6 4:37v median −0:54
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Block 07 8:54Running 7 4:38v median −0:52
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Block 08 9:25Running 8 3:51v median −1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:52
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.