The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:43 at Manchester 2026 put Corey Robertson 395th of 551 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 42% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:09 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:24 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 8:45Running 1 4:03v median +0:27
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Block 02 8:35Running 2 5:22v median +0:18
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Block 03 11:18Running 3 5:49v median +0:22
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Block 04 12:22Running 4 5:42v median +0:11
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 5:58v median +0:17
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Block 06 8:19Running 6 5:41v median +0:05
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Block 07 14:25Running 7 5:45v median +0:09
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Block 08 15:05Running 8 5:15v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:50
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.