The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gary Wickett finished 127th of 130 men in the Pro division at Manchester 2026, in 1:46:08.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:08. The race faded late: the second half went 9:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:22 in the roxzone was slower than 98% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:56 more than the average race this season, going by 330 athletes who raced both. That was 1:36 off the time at Birmingham 2022.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:04Running 1 3:33v median +0:32
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Block 02 9:45Running 2 5:25v median +1:02
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Block 03 14:11Running 3 5:38v median +0:54
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Block 04 8:49Running 4 6:01v median +1:14
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Block 05 11:56Running 5 6:38v median +1:45
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Block 06 10:42Running 6 6:33v median +1:44
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Block 07 14:32Running 7 6:28v median +1:38
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Block 08 17:54Running 8 5:20v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:22
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 129
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 129 men who finished.