The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:13:39 at Manchester 2026 put Michael Thomas 521st of 551 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 10:55. A harder second half: 11:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 14:35 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 9:57Running 1 5:07v median +1:31
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Block 02 10:59Running 2 7:37v median +2:33
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Block 03 14:24Running 3 7:39v median +2:12
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Block 04 13:44Running 4 7:49v median +2:18
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Block 05 13:40Running 5 7:54v median +2:13
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Block 06 10:12Running 6 8:03v median +2:27
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Block 07 24:37Running 7 8:11v median +2:35
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Block 08 21:39Running 8 6:50v median +2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:35
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.