The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Smith finished 416th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:41:39.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:56. The race faded late: the second half went 2:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Manchester 2026 and London Excel 2025 were 1:07 slower here, so the course was tougher than the clock suggests.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 4:28v median +0:52
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Block 02 10:08Running 2 6:14v median +1:09
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Block 03 11:51Running 3 6:26v median +1:03
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Block 04 12:24Running 4 6:29v median +1:00
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Block 05 12:13Running 5 6:35v median +0:56
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Block 06 8:59Running 6 6:14v median +0:43
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Block 07 14:08Running 7 6:41v median +1:11
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Block 08 14:39Running 8 6:19v median +1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:07
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.