The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joseph Dempsey finished 353rd of 551 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:31:38.
The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 2:51 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:57 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:17 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 7:50Running 1 3:28v median −0:08
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 4:59v median −0:05
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:13v median −0:14
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Block 04 8:14Running 4 5:22v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:27Running 5 5:19v median −0:22
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Block 06 7:48Running 6 5:34v median −0:02
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Block 07 9:33Running 7 5:34v median −0:02
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Block 08 16:31Running 8 4:30v median −0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:22
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.