The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Craig Thornton finished 336th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:30:50.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:08 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:51 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:28 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 8:11Running 1 3:42v median +0:06
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 5:03v median −0:02
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 5:28v median +0:05
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Block 04 15:44Running 4 5:32v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 5:44v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:28v median −0:03
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Block 07 8:49Running 7 5:26v median −0:04
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Block 08 13:18Running 8 4:40v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:55
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.