The race, in three figures
Field beaten
24%
Runs
32%
Stations
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−0:15
v median
247/551
Rank
Biggest loss
100m Sandbag Lunges
+1:29
v median
440/551
Rank
The race, in words
Chris Emery finished 391st of 551 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:36:23.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:29.
The field ran 2:39 faster at Manchester 2026 than at Cardiff 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:04Running 1 4:11v median +0:35
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Block 02 8:20Running 2 5:44v median +0:40
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Block 03 12:09Running 3 6:19v median +0:52
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Block 04 13:15Running 4 6:43v median +1:12
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Block 05 12:18Running 5 6:36v median +0:55
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Block 06 8:56Running 6 6:18v median +0:42
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Block 07 13:26Running 7 6:26v median +0:50
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Block 08 12:23Running 8 5:34v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:39
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:38
0:12
0:26
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:30
0:06
0:24
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:49
0:04
0:45
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:40
0:09
0:31
B5 · 1000m Row
0:33
0:21
0:12
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:35
0:38
0:57
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:58
0:44
1:14
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 11:20 behind
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Manchester 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1263
Measured against
Men · n = 551