The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Alex Rowlands at Manchester 2026: 1:05:01, 73rd of 1,463 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 3:35 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:59 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:21. An improvement of 5:08 on Madrid 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:17Running 1 3:08v median −0:26
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Block 02 6:34Running 2 4:09v median −0:55
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Block 03 7:33Running 3 4:22v median −1:04
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 4:16v median −1:11
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Block 05 8:42Running 5 4:21v median −1:15
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Block 06 6:21Running 6 4:22v median −1:08
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Block 07 6:04Running 7 4:20v median −1:08
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Block 08 8:29Running 8 3:39v median −1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:37
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.