The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Peter Finch finished 577th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:19:06, faster than 61% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 46% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 1:02 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:21. 1:50 slower than at Rome 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:34Running 1 3:26v median −0:08
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Block 02 6:47Running 2 4:58v median −0:06
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Block 03 8:45Running 3 5:27v median +0:01
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Block 04 11:08Running 4 5:43v median +0:16
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:50v median +0:14
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Block 06 7:48Running 6 5:52v median +0:22
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 6:01v median +0:33
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Block 08 11:33Running 8 4:47v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:18
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.