The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Adam Melling finished 357th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:33:11.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:55 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:13 worse 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 8:18Running 1 3:36v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 5:14v median +0:09
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Block 03 11:24Running 3 5:51v median +0:28
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Block 04 12:18Running 4 5:31v median +0:02
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Block 05 10:35Running 5 5:54v median +0:15
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Block 06 9:11Running 6 6:03v median +0:32
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 5:45v median +0:15
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Block 08 16:35Running 8 4:32v median −0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:20
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.