The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ryan Smith finished 453rd of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:47:35.
A station race more than a running one: 34% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:53 behind the median. 10:40 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both. 30:09 slower than at Stockholm 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:47Running 1 6:21v median +2:45
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Block 02 9:45Running 2 6:46v median +1:41
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Block 03 11:05Running 3 7:08v median +1:45
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Block 04 11:27Running 4 6:54v median +1:25
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Block 05 11:55Running 5 7:23v median +1:44
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 6:59v median +1:28
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Block 07 16:31Running 7 7:07v median +1:37
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Block 08 16:20Running 8 7:31v median +2:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:40