The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joel Barker finished in the top 10% of the field at Manchester 2026, in 1:06:33 for 100th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:20 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:25 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:56, was faster than 86% of the field.
The field ran 1:07 slower at Manchester 2026 than at London Excel 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:12Running 1 3:02v median −0:32
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 4:10v median −0:54
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Block 03 7:50Running 3 4:21v median −1:05
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Block 04 8:56Running 4 4:28v median −0:59
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Block 05 8:55Running 5 4:26v median −1:10
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Block 06 6:10Running 6 4:24v median −1:06
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Block 07 9:11Running 7 4:28v median −1:00
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Block 08 7:52Running 8 4:15v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:56
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.