The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lee Smith finished 307th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:28:07.
A station race more than a running one: 66% of the field beaten on the stations, against 38% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:40 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:13 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Manchester 2026 and Manchester 2025 were 2:53 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 8:58Running 1 4:55v median +1:19
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Block 02 8:51Running 2 6:26v median +1:21
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Block 03 9:07Running 3 4:56v median −0:27
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 5:13v median −0:16
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 5:32v median −0:07
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:43v median +0:12
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Block 07 8:29Running 7 5:38v median +0:08
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Block 08 14:38Running 8 6:22v median +1:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:13
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.