The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samuel Summerscales finished 393rd of 551 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:36:38.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:13 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:47 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 7:58Running 1 3:25v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 5:09v median +0:05
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Block 03 10:54Running 3 5:36v median +0:09
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Block 04 12:16Running 4 5:37v median +0:06
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Block 05 13:11Running 5 8:06v median +2:25
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Block 06 9:34Running 6 5:49v median +0:13
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Block 07 11:24Running 7 5:40v median +0:04
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Block 08 16:13Running 8 4:56v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.