The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:50:03 at Manchester 2026 put Michael Donaldson 128th of 130 men in the Pro division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:17 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 6:48 in the roxzone was slower than 89% of the field.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:56.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:05Running 1 3:33v median +0:32
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Block 02 11:18Running 2 5:10v median +0:47
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Block 03 13:53Running 3 5:29v median +0:45
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Block 04 13:12Running 4 5:45v median +0:58
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 5:50v median +0:57
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Block 06 10:44Running 6 5:59v median +1:10
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Block 07 17:30Running 7 6:17v median +1:27
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Block 08 17:31Running 8 6:14v median +2:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:48
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.