The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christopher Maxwell finished 470th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:52:21.
The runs carried this race: faster than 31% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:39. A harder second half: 6:33 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:21.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:47Running 1 3:55v median +0:19
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Block 02 8:40Running 2 5:34v median +0:29
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Block 03 12:08Running 3 6:02v median +0:39
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Block 04 16:41Running 4 6:10v median +0:41
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Block 05 12:06Running 5 6:39v median +1:00
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Block 06 9:29Running 6 6:20v median +0:49
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Block 07 14:16Running 7 6:08v median +0:38
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Block 08 21:34Running 8 5:47v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
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.