The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bradley Roberts finished 527th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:17:51, faster than 64% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 84% of the field beaten on the stations, against 54% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 3:20 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:13 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 7:49Running 1 3:33v median −0:01
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 5:09v median +0:05
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 5:40v median +0:14
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 5:37v median +0:10
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Block 05 10:35Running 5 5:48v median +0:12
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Block 06 6:59Running 6 5:08v median −0:22
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Block 07 7:03Running 7 5:04v median −0:24
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Block 08 11:09Running 8 4:34v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:07
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.