The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lee Downs finished 418th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:41:44.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:26 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:24 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. 7:28 slower than at London 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:18Running 1 3:57v median +0:21
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 5:50v median +0:45
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Block 03 12:18Running 3 6:17v median +0:54
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Block 04 14:09Running 4 6:31v median +1:02
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:35v median +0:56
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Block 06 9:56Running 6 6:33v median +1:02
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Block 07 14:43Running 7 6:46v median +1:16
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Block 08 14:56Running 8 5:37v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:55
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.