The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samuel Parker finished 227th of 551 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:21:31, faster than 59% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 78% of the field across all eight, against 57% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 3:37 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:52 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 1:03 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:52Running 1 3:34v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:35Running 2 4:54v median −0:10
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 5:03v median −0:24
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Block 04 7:40Running 4 5:34v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:50v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:44v median +0:08
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Block 07 10:35Running 7 5:26v median −0:10
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Block 08 11:05Running 8 4:29v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:04
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 545
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 545 men who finished.