The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:55:06 at Manchester 2026 put John Archer 493rd of 551 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:07 worse 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 9:14Running 1 4:22v median +0:46
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Block 02 9:33Running 2 6:13v median +1:09
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Block 03 13:05Running 3 6:43v median +1:16
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Block 04 17:09Running 4 6:47v median +1:16
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Block 05 13:21Running 5 7:31v median +1:50
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Block 06 9:51Running 6 7:20v median +1:44
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Block 07 15:49Running 7 7:26v median +1:50
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Block 08 20:25Running 8 7:41v median +2:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:48
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.