The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Hollings-Carmichael finished 545th of 551 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 2:41:48.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 31:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 23:57 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:37Running 1 6:26v median +2:50
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Block 02 11:00Running 2 6:26v median +1:22
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Block 03 14:51Running 3 7:47v median +2:20
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Block 04 26:08Running 4 7:53v median +2:22
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Block 05 13:13Running 5 7:35v median +1:54
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Block 06 10:16Running 6 7:27v median +1:51
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Block 07 20:55Running 7 8:08v median +2:32
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Block 08 46:56Running 8 8:12v median +3:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
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.