The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:00:38 at Manchester 2026 put Akshay Vij 502nd of 551 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:56 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:47 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 4:15v median +0:39
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Block 02 13:39Running 2 8:56v median +3:52
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Block 03 16:40Running 3 6:42v median +1:15
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Block 04 16:23Running 4 6:33v median +1:02
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Block 05 12:15Running 5 6:45v median +1:04
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Block 06 9:18Running 6 6:40v median +1:04
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Block 07 18:02Running 7 6:35v median +0:59
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Block 08 17:25Running 8 5:21v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.