The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Phil Wistow finished 379th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:36:04.
The stations carried this race: faster than 43% of the field across all eight, against 19% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:10 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:30Running 1 4:05v median +0:29
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 5:52v median +0:47
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Block 03 11:10Running 3 6:21v median +0:58
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Block 04 12:22Running 4 6:22v median +0:53
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:47v median +1:08
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Block 06 9:29Running 6 6:33v median +1:02
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Block 07 13:05Running 7 6:24v median +0:54
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Block 08 15:34Running 8 8:51v median +3:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:08
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.