The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Matthew Eccleshare at Manchester 2026: 1:06:20, 92nd of 1,463 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:04 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:04 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 3:53, ahead of 88% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:44Running 1 2:42v median −0:52
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 4:14v median −0:50
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Block 03 8:20Running 3 4:42v median −0:44
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Block 04 8:16Running 4 4:39v median −0:48
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Block 05 9:10Running 5 4:39v median −0:57
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Block 06 6:33Running 6 4:26v median −1:04
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Block 07 7:58Running 7 4:26v median −1:02
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Block 08 8:38Running 8 3:45v median −0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:53
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.