The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stephen Reynolds took 3rd of 98 in the 45–49 age group at Manchester 2026, in 1:02:37.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:36 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:21 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:38, was faster than 94% of the field.
The field ran 6:00 faster at Manchester 2026 than at Birmingham 2023, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:58Running 1 2:51v median −0:43
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Block 02 6:32Running 2 4:06v median −0:58
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Block 03 7:07Running 3 4:16v median −1:10
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Block 04 7:11Running 4 4:15v median −1:12
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Block 05 9:01Running 5 4:34v median −1:02
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Block 06 5:56Running 6 4:25v median −1:05
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Block 07 8:18Running 7 4:29v median −0:59
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Block 08 8:05Running 8 3:44v median −0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:38
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.