The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Race won the 16–24 age group at Manchester 2026 in 1:00:31, first of 138.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:30 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:35 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:18, was faster than 99% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both. Tom Race's fastest of 10 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:50Running 1 2:42v median −0:52
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Block 02 6:15Running 2 3:49v median −1:15
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Block 03 7:10Running 3 3:56v median −1:30
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Block 04 7:21Running 4 3:54v median −1:33
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Block 05 8:14Running 5 3:59v median −1:37
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Block 06 5:46Running 6 4:06v median −1:24
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Block 07 7:56Running 7 4:03v median −1:25
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Block 08 7:50Running 8 3:23v median −1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:18
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1445
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,445 men who finished.