The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dan Hilton finished 535th of 551 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 2:20:45.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 9:55. A harder second half: 7:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 16:58 in the roxzone was slower than 97% 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 10:01Running 1 4:46v median +1:10
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Block 02 10:22Running 2 6:36v median +1:32
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Block 03 17:59Running 3 9:05v median +3:38
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Block 04 13:56Running 4 7:24v median +1:53
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Block 05 14:23Running 5 8:05v median +2:24
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Block 06 10:59Running 6 7:29v median +1:53
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Block 07 19:04Running 7 7:28v median +1:52
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Block 08 27:11Running 8 10:12v median +5:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:58
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.