The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:50 at Manchester 2026 put Samuel Nicklin 170th of 529 men in the Open division, ahead of 68% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 76% of the field beaten on the runs, 55% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:14 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:24 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:00Running 1 3:30v median −0:06
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 4:54v median −0:11
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 4:57v median −0:26
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 4:56v median −0:33
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 4:55v median −0:44
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:00v median −0:31
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Block 07 10:16Running 7 5:01v median −0:29
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Block 08 10:07Running 8 4:13v median −0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:15
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.