The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:09 at Manchester 2026 put Cian Odea 322nd of 551 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 71% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:34 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:12 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 8:17Running 1 3:19v median −0:17
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 4:43v median −0:21
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 5:11v median −0:16
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Block 04 11:08Running 4 4:53v median −0:38
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 4:55v median −0:46
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Block 06 7:36Running 6 4:56v median −0:40
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Block 07 12:06Running 7 5:09v median −0:27
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Block 08 12:42Running 8 4:47v median −0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
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.