The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steven Donoghue finished 259th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:24:10, faster than 51% of the field.
The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 2:25 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:51 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:28 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:21.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:55Running 1 3:39v median +0:03
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 5:01v median −0:04
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Block 03 9:26Running 3 5:13v median −0:10
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Block 04 8:18Running 4 5:22v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 6:12v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 5:35v median +0:04
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Block 07 11:57Running 7 5:35v median +0:05
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Block 08 11:58Running 8 5:14v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:12
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.