The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Manchester 2026, David Lowe crossed the line in 1:20:27: 645th of 1,463 men, faster than 56% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 68% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 48% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:14. The race faded late: the second half went 3:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Manchester 2026 and Glasgow 2025 were 1:52 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:44Running 1 3:23v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 4:38v median −0:26
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 4:53v median −0:33
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Block 04 10:08Running 4 5:01v median −0:26
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 5:09v median −0:27
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 5:15v median −0:15
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Block 07 11:47Running 7 5:14v median −0:14
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Block 08 11:36Running 8 4:40v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:44
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.