The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:43 at Manchester 2026 put Chris Shepley 423rd of 529 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:07. A harder second half: 3:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 1:07 slower at Manchester 2026 than at London Excel 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:38Running 1 4:05v median +0:29
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 5:51v median +0:46
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Block 03 11:32Running 3 6:15v median +0:52
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Block 04 15:32Running 4 6:31v median +1:02
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 6:49v median +1:10
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Block 06 9:00Running 6 6:41v median +1:10
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Block 07 17:14Running 7 6:36v median +1:06
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Block 08 14:48Running 8 5:33v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
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.