The race, in three figures
The race, in words
William Hastings finished 340th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:13:42, faster than 77% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 93% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 52% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the farmers carry: 0:42 on the median. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:46.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 slower here than at their other races. 3:09 slower than at Stockholm 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:50Running 1 2:44v median −0:50
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 4:13v median −0:51
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Block 03 8:38Running 3 4:27v median −0:59
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 4:27v median −1:00
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Block 05 9:01Running 5 4:30v median −1:06
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Block 06 5:59Running 6 4:34v median −0:56
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Block 07 10:43Running 7 4:38v median −0:50
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Block 08 10:23Running 8 3:53v median −0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1445
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,445 men who finished.