The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Carl Clarke finished 130th of 130 men in the Pro division at Manchester 2026, in 2:06:46.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 8:15. A harder second half: 5:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:38 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Manchester ran slow: the 330 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:56 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:09Running 1 5:41v median +2:40
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Block 02 10:20Running 2 5:33v median +1:10
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Block 03 16:44Running 3 6:03v median +1:19
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Block 04 17:16Running 4 6:21v median +1:34
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Block 05 12:17Running 5 7:14v median +2:21
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Block 06 12:28Running 6 8:47v median +3:58
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Block 07 19:51Running 7 6:40v median +1:50
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Block 08 18:12Running 8 5:19v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:38
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.