The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Cunliffe finished 271st of 551 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:24:34, faster than 51% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 66% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 39% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:42 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the farmers carry, 1:54 behind the median.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:02Running 1 3:35v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 4:43v median −0:21
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Block 03 10:25Running 3 4:53v median −0:34
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Block 04 10:20Running 4 5:09v median −0:22
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Block 05 9:45Running 5 5:07v median −0:34
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Block 06 10:34Running 6 6:30v median +0:54
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Block 07 9:27Running 7 4:38v median −0:58
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Block 08 12:28Running 8 4:16v median −0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:45
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.