The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:39 at Manchester 2026 put Chris Laidlaw 650th of 1,463 men in the Open division, ahead of 56% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:34 on the median. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 0:50 slower than the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:07 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Athletes who raced both Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 1:03 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 9:24Running 1 5:03v median +1:29
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 4:49v median −0:15
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 5:26v median +0:00
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Block 04 11:23Running 4 5:10v median −0:17
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:15v median −0:21
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Block 06 7:08Running 6 4:51v median −0:39
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Block 07 9:54Running 7 5:09v median −0:19
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Block 08 10:58Running 8 4:15v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:56
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.