The race, in three figures
The race, in words
3:12:28 at Manchester 2026 put Nicholas David 549th of 551 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 13:22. A harder second half: 24:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 26:28 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 13:06Running 1 7:20v median +3:44
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Block 02 15:10Running 2 8:03v median +2:59
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Block 03 23:32Running 3 10:25v median +4:58
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Block 04 18:31Running 4 12:02v median +6:31
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Block 05 23:17Running 5 15:16v median +9:35
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Block 06 18:09Running 6 14:40v median +9:04
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Block 07 20:53Running 7 14:15v median +8:39
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Block 08 33:30Running 8 13:04v median +8:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 26:28
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.