The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:46 at Manchester 2026 put Ali Saeed 448th of 529 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 32% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:56 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:56 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:01Running 1 4:41v median +1:05
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Block 02 10:34Running 2 6:17v median +1:12
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Block 03 13:23Running 3 6:36v median +1:13
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Block 04 13:55Running 4 6:21v median +0:52
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 6:02v median +0:23
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 5:52v median +0:21
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Block 07 13:26Running 7 5:33v median +0:03
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Block 08 15:08Running 8 5:04v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:38
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.