The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:25 at Manchester 2026 put Giles Briscoe 415th of 529 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 35% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 5:45 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:17 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 4:17v median +0:41
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 5:51v median +0:46
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Block 03 11:39Running 3 5:57v median +0:34
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Block 04 17:14Running 4 6:08v median +0:39
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 5:53v median +0:14
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Block 06 9:10Running 6 6:43v median +1:12
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Block 07 12:33Running 7 5:38v median +0:08
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Block 08 15:04Running 8 5:04v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.