The race, in three figures
The race, in words
sion gibby finished 439th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:44:58.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:45. A harder second half: 5:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 slower here than at their other races. 11:00 slower than at Oslo 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:42Running 1 3:42v median +0:06
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Block 02 9:22Running 2 5:42v median +0:37
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Block 03 11:24Running 3 5:54v median +0:31
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Block 04 14:08Running 4 5:55v median +0:26
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Block 05 11:03Running 5 6:13v median +0:34
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 6:10v median +0:39
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Block 07 14:22Running 7 6:15v median +0:45
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Block 08 20:12Running 8 5:19v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.