The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Darren Roberts finished in the top 10% of the field at Manchester 2026, in 1:07:33 for 46th of 529 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 97% of the field across all eight, against 75% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:24 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 3:47, was faster than 92% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both. That was 2:46 off the time at Madrid 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:59Running 1 2:59v median −0:37
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Block 02 6:32Running 2 4:24v median −0:41
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Block 03 8:02Running 3 4:55v median −0:28
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Block 04 8:15Running 4 4:52v median −0:37
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Block 05 9:23Running 5 5:00v median −0:39
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Block 06 6:44Running 6 5:08v median −0:23
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Block 07 8:51Running 7 4:56v median −0:34
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Block 08 9:07Running 8 5:23v median +0:31
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.