The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:40 at Manchester 2026 put James Donnelly 517th of 1,463 men in the Open division, ahead of 65% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 82% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 45% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:02 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:54 better 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 7:10Running 1 3:01v median −0:33
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 4:31v median −0:33
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Block 03 9:59Running 3 4:56v median −0:30
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 4:51v median −0:36
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Block 05 9:23Running 5 4:47v median −0:49
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Block 06 7:03Running 6 4:50v median −0:40
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Block 07 10:43Running 7 4:50v median −0:38
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Block 08 10:07Running 8 4:02v median −0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:44
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1445
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,445 men who finished.