The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dimitrios Gryfakis finished 185th of 193 men in the Pro division at Manchester 2026, in 1:44:29.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 5:44 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 7:28, behind 93% of the field.
Manchester ran slow: the 330 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:56 slower here than at their other races. 17:33 faster than at Valencia 2025, the previous Pro race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 4:01v median +1:00
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Block 02 10:26Running 2 5:23v median +1:04
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Block 03 14:25Running 3 5:31v median +0:48
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Block 04 11:41Running 4 5:48v median +1:03
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 6:05v median +1:16
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Block 06 9:24Running 6 6:06v median +1:23
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Block 07 16:54Running 7 6:11v median +1:23
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Block 08 15:16Running 8 5:07v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 191
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 191 men who finished.