The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Melville finished 76th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:11:13, faster than 86% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 92% of the field beaten on the runs, 69% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:23 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 3:44, was faster than 93% of the field.
The field ran 3:42 slower at Manchester 2026 than at Berlin 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:29Running 1 2:59v median −0:37
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Block 02 6:45Running 2 4:12v median −0:53
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Block 03 8:37Running 3 4:29v median −0:54
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Block 04 8:27Running 4 4:29v median −1:00
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Block 05 9:56Running 5 4:41v median −0:58
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Block 06 6:44Running 6 4:26v median −1:05
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Block 07 9:16Running 7 4:44v median −0:46
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Block 08 10:24Running 8 3:49v median −1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:44
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.