The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:59 at Manchester 2026 put Rich Howells 414th of 551 men in the Open division.
The wall balls cost the most time: 2:14 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both. 0:27 faster than at Madrid 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:05Running 1 3:56v median +0:20
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 5:30v median +0:26
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Block 03 11:37Running 3 5:57v median +0:30
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Block 04 13:46Running 4 6:13v median +0:42
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Block 05 12:12Running 5 6:30v median +0:49
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Block 06 9:40Running 6 6:27v median +0:51
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Block 07 12:46Running 7 6:10v median +0:34
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Block 08 14:30Running 8 5:12v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 545
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 545 men who finished.