The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Keith Barlow finished 102nd of 121 men in the Pro division at Manchester 2026, in 1:28:40.
A station race more than a running one: 43% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:43. A harder second half: 3:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:56. That was 9:32 off the time at New York 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:55Running 1 3:46v median +0:42
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Block 02 8:39Running 2 5:17v median +0:54
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 5:43v median +0:59
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Block 04 11:42Running 4 5:49v median +0:59
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 6:08v median +1:18
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Block 06 8:56Running 6 6:03v median +1:18
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 6:09v median +1:17
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Block 08 13:18Running 8 7:24v median +3:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:07
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 120
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 120 men who finished.