The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ian Macdonald finished 266th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:24:53.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 42% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:26 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:03 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. That was 6:18 off the time at Oslo 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:46Running 1 3:17v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 4:31v median −0:34
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 4:56v median −0:27
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 5:11v median −0:18
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:30v median −0:09
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:25v median −0:06
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Block 07 11:42Running 7 5:36v median +0:06
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Block 08 13:08Running 8 4:34v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:57
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.