The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:17 at Manchester 2026 put Matthew Atherton 668th of 1,463 men in the Open division, ahead of 54% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 72% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 44% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:58.
The field ran 1:03 faster at Manchester 2026 than at Birmingham 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:25Running 1 3:23v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 4:48v median −0:16
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 5:25v median −0:01
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Block 04 10:39Running 4 4:55v median −0:32
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 5:15v median −0:21
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 4:54v median −0:36
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Block 07 10:57Running 7 4:40v median −0:48
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Block 08 11:39Running 8 4:14v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
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.