The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:29:01 at Manchester 2026 put Gianmarco Isgro 527th of 529 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:28 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 19:07 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 slower here than at their other races. 11:17 slower than at Oslo 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:27Running 1 5:15v median +1:39
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Block 02 12:33Running 2 7:59v median +2:54
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Block 03 14:58Running 3 8:45v median +3:22
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Block 04 17:03Running 4 8:56v median +3:27
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Block 05 15:17Running 5 9:32v median +3:53
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Block 06 12:37Running 6 9:10v median +3:39
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Block 07 22:51Running 7 9:52v median +4:22
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Block 08 24:18Running 8 9:56v median +5:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:07
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 518
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 518 men who finished.