The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Barnaby Preston finished 68th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:10:13, faster than 87% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:54 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:51 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:00, was faster than 86% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:57Running 1 3:25v median −0:11
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Block 02 6:47Running 2 4:46v median −0:19
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Block 03 8:19Running 3 4:49v median −0:34
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 4:38v median −0:51
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:47v median −0:52
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Block 06 6:51Running 6 4:47v median −0:44
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Block 07 8:11Running 7 4:34v median −0:56
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Block 08 9:14Running 8 3:45v median −1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:00
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.