The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:32 at Manchester 2026 put Toby Tavener 379th of 551 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 60% of the field beaten on the runs, 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:19 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:43Running 1 4:49v median +1:13
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 4:38v median −0:26
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 5:07v median −0:20
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Block 04 15:05Running 4 5:03v median −0:28
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 5:27v median −0:14
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:21v median −0:15
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Block 07 14:03Running 7 5:03v median −0:33
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Block 08 14:05Running 8 4:26v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:50
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.