The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Manchester 2026, ashley downing crossed the line in 1:15:42: 143rd of 529 men, faster than 73% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 83% of the field across all eight, against 60% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:51 ahead of the median.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both. That was 1:37 off the time at Malaga 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 4:48v median +1:12
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 4:43v median −0:22
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 4:57v median −0:26
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Block 04 8:22Running 4 4:52v median −0:37
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Block 05 9:23Running 5 4:52v median −0:47
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 5:03v median −0:28
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Block 07 9:24Running 7 5:05v median −0:25
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Block 08 11:45Running 8 5:32v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:58
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 518
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 518 men who finished.