The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Russell Parry finished 482nd of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:54:34.
The runs carried this race: faster than 38% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 1% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 9:12. A harder second half: 6:30 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 7:57Running 1 3:27v median −0:09
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 5:05v median +0:00
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Block 03 11:54Running 3 5:38v median +0:15
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Block 04 20:22Running 4 5:49v median +0:20
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 6:33v median +0:54
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Block 06 9:21Running 6 6:16v median +0:45
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Block 07 17:11Running 7 6:12v median +0:42
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Block 08 20:44Running 8 5:39v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
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.