The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:15:32 at Manchester 2026 put Chris Riley 526th of 551 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 13:44 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 17:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:24 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:00Running 1 6:24v median +2:48
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Block 02 10:25Running 2 6:28v median +1:24
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Block 03 12:47Running 3 7:01v median +1:34
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Block 04 17:40Running 4 7:09v median +1:38
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Block 05 12:55Running 5 7:41v median +2:00
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Block 06 9:31Running 6 6:53v median +1:17
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Block 07 26:46Running 7 7:31v median +1:55
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Block 08 22:11Running 8 7:31v median +2:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:24
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.