The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:05:30 at Manchester 2026 put Richard Rees on the age-group podium: 2nd of 95 in the 40–44 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:51 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:27 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:58, was faster than 87% of the field.
The field ran 1:07 slower at Manchester 2026 than at London Excel 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:53Running 1 2:53v median −0:43
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 4:11v median −0:53
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Block 03 7:52Running 3 4:23v median −1:04
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Block 04 8:23Running 4 4:22v median −1:09
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Block 05 8:56Running 5 4:30v median −1:11
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Block 06 5:58Running 6 4:26v median −1:10
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Block 07 8:08Running 7 4:27v median −1:09
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Block 08 9:00Running 8 3:47v median −1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:58
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 545
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 545 men who finished.