The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nick Storey finished 430th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:43:23.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:16 ahead of the median. 14:14 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
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 9:28Running 1 4:37v median +1:01
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Block 02 9:19Running 2 6:26v median +1:21
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Block 03 11:23Running 3 6:42v median +1:19
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Block 04 11:01Running 4 6:52v median +1:23
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Block 05 12:26Running 5 7:11v median +1:32
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 6:58v median +1:27
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 8:00v median +2:30
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Block 08 14:51Running 8 6:23v median +1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:14
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.