The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lucas Parker took 3rd of 138 in the 16–24 age group at Manchester 2026, in 1:01:18.
The wall balls were the standout, 3:13 quicker than the median and 17th of 1,463. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:22 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:28, was faster than 97% 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. That was 4:55 off the time at Madrid 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:42Running 1 2:48v median −0:46
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Block 02 6:20Running 2 3:55v median −1:09
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Block 03 7:18Running 3 4:02v median −1:24
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Block 04 7:59Running 4 4:01v median −1:26
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Block 05 8:25Running 5 4:12v median −1:24
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Block 06 6:02Running 6 4:04v median −1:26
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Block 07 7:59Running 7 4:06v median −1:22
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Block 08 7:12Running 8 3:28v median −1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:28
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.