The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steven Gillespie finished 451st of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:46:51.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:24 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:15 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:33Running 1 4:33v median +0:57
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Block 02 9:46Running 2 6:42v median +1:37
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Block 03 13:27Running 3 6:52v median +1:29
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Block 04 12:44Running 4 7:03v median +1:34
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Block 05 12:11Running 5 6:50v median +1:11
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Block 06 10:51Running 6 6:44v median +1:13
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Block 07 13:19Running 7 6:41v median +1:11
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Block 08 18:16Running 8 5:44v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
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.