The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:21 at Manchester 2026 put Martin Barnett 299th of 551 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:33 on the median. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:41 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:26 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:14Running 1 3:43v median +0:07
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 5:07v median +0:03
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 5:28v median +0:01
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Block 04 13:01Running 4 5:37v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 5:29v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:36Running 6 5:24v median −0:12
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 5:40v median +0:04
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Block 08 12:50Running 8 4:45v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:31
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.