The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Forster finished 378th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:36:00.
The stations carried this race: faster than 52% of the field across all eight, against 16% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:10 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 7:41Running 1 3:32v median −0:04
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 5:38v median +0:33
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Block 03 12:42Running 3 6:49v median +1:26
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Block 04 13:25Running 4 8:28v median +2:59
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:41v median +1:02
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 6:42v median +1:11
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Block 07 11:19Running 7 6:26v median +0:56
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Block 08 14:50Running 8 7:59v median +3:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
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.