The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rob Morris finished 436th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:44:29.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:09 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:03 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 9:17Running 1 4:24v median +0:48
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Block 02 9:15Running 2 6:15v median +1:10
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Block 03 12:07Running 3 6:41v median +1:18
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Block 04 16:19Running 4 6:49v median +1:20
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Block 05 12:25Running 5 6:55v median +1:16
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Block 06 9:57Running 6 6:53v median +1:22
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Block 07 13:42Running 7 7:25v median +1:55
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Block 08 13:45Running 8 5:50v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:49
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.