The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:59 at Manchester 2026 put Roberto Severi 422nd of 551 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:08. A harder second half: 2:58 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 1:07 slower at Manchester 2026 than at London Excel 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:37Running 1 5:19v median +1:43
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Block 02 8:32Running 2 5:40v median +0:36
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Block 03 11:04Running 3 6:13v median +0:46
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Block 04 14:26Running 4 6:15v median +0:44
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Block 05 13:26Running 5 8:37v median +2:56
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 6:22v median +0:46
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Block 07 15:10Running 7 6:31v median +0:55
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Block 08 14:15Running 8 5:34v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:17
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.