The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mat Stephenson took 3rd of 17 in the 55–59 age group at Manchester 2026, in 1:27:48.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:34. The race faded late: the second half went 5:08 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 7:34Running 1 3:19v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 4:44v median −0:21
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 5:26v median +0:03
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Block 04 11:34Running 4 5:41v median +0:12
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:50v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:43v median +0:12
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Block 07 15:49Running 7 8:44v median +3:14
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Block 08 12:15Running 8 5:33v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:54
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.