The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ian Walton finished 338th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:31:01.
The runs carried this race: faster than 49% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:23. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:03 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 8:33Running 1 3:51v median +0:15
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Block 02 11:33Running 2 8:18v median +3:13
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 5:02v median −0:21
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Block 04 12:09Running 4 5:01v median −0:28
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 5:08v median −0:31
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:04v median −0:27
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Block 07 13:59Running 7 5:05v median −0:25
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Block 08 12:38Running 8 4:16v median −0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:35
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.