The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mohammed Akeel finished 401st of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:39:14.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:45. The race faded late: the second half went 1:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:58Running 1 6:07v median +2:31
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 5:44v median +0:39
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Block 03 11:15Running 3 5:49v median +0:26
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Block 04 12:47Running 4 5:58v median +0:29
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Block 05 11:13Running 5 6:08v median +0:29
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Block 06 8:27Running 6 5:50v median +0:19
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Block 07 14:07Running 7 5:51v median +0:21
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Block 08 15:41Running 8 7:46v median +2:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 518
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 518 men who finished.