The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hamed Sarafan finished 493rd of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:57:07.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:50 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:22, behind 91% of the field.
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 12:28Running 1 7:03v median +3:27
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Block 02 9:14Running 2 6:49v median +1:44
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Block 03 12:32Running 3 7:42v median +2:19
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Block 04 14:40Running 4 7:06v median +1:37
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Block 05 13:51Running 5 8:22v median +2:43
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Block 06 10:25Running 6 7:06v median +1:35
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Block 07 13:53Running 7 6:59v median +1:29
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Block 08 19:51Running 8 9:53v median +5:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:22
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.