The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:18 at Manchester 2026 put Ruben Sezen 207th of 529 men in the Open division, ahead of 61% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 71% of the field beaten on the runs, 49% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:19 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:52Running 1 3:17v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 4:31v median −0:34
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 4:48v median −0:35
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Block 04 9:05Running 4 5:03v median −0:26
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Block 05 11:41Running 5 6:55v median +1:16
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 4:45v median −0:46
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Block 07 9:36Running 7 4:39v median −0:51
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Block 08 12:20Running 8 4:14v median −0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:51
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.