The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lewis Elliott finished 443rd of 551 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:42:41.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 13% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:02 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 11:22 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:54Running 1 4:00v median +0:24
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Block 02 11:47Running 2 8:29v median +3:25
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Block 03 14:24Running 3 9:01v median +3:34
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Block 04 12:35Running 4 8:54v median +3:23
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 6:00v median +0:19
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 5:55v median +0:19
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Block 07 12:16Running 7 6:02v median +0:26
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Block 08 12:31Running 8 5:49v median +0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:22
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.