The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:05 at Manchester 2026 put Connor Downs 371st of 529 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 49% of the field across all eight, against 20% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:38 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:53 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:45Running 1 4:15v median +0:39
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Block 02 8:35Running 2 6:07v median +1:02
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Block 03 10:36Running 3 6:26v median +1:03
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Block 04 12:03Running 4 6:38v median +1:09
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Block 05 11:27Running 5 6:48v median +1:09
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Block 06 9:42Running 6 7:01v median +1:30
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Block 07 13:25Running 7 7:16v median +1:46
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Block 08 13:19Running 8 6:02v median +1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:23
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.