The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:34 at Manchester 2026 put Martyn Cheyne on the age-group podium: 3rd of 10 in the 55–59 age group.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 27% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:21. The race faded late: the second half went 10:59 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. That was 14:13 off the time at Stockholm 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:41Running 1 3:14v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 4:33v median −0:31
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 4:59v median −0:28
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Block 04 9:40Running 4 4:55v median −0:36
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Block 05 9:54Running 5 5:05v median −0:36
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 5:11v median −0:25
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Block 07 13:45Running 7 8:24v median +2:48
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Block 08 17:51Running 8 4:26v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:39
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 545
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 545 men who finished.