The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:15 at Manchester 2026 put Chris Diamond 458th of 551 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 49% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:16 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 8:39Running 1 3:59v median +0:23
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Block 02 9:51Running 2 6:34v median +1:30
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Block 03 13:05Running 3 7:47v median +2:20
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Block 04 13:59Running 4 8:06v median +2:35
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Block 05 13:53Running 5 8:32v median +2:51
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Block 06 10:51Running 6 8:01v median +2:25
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Block 07 11:42Running 7 7:59v median +2:23
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Block 08 13:06Running 8 6:36v median +1:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:16
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.