The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Fox finished 525th of 551 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 2:15:17.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 10:59 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 13:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 9:41, behind 88% of the field.
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 9:45Running 1 4:46v median +1:10
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Block 02 11:50Running 2 7:09v median +2:05
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Block 03 15:59Running 3 7:03v median +1:36
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Block 04 17:14Running 4 7:14v median +1:43
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Block 05 15:23Running 5 10:05v median +4:24
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Block 06 9:45Running 6 7:23v median +1:47
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Block 07 18:32Running 7 10:07v median +4:31
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Block 08 27:17Running 8 9:14v median +4:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:41
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.