The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Manchester 2026, Matt Yates crossed the line in 1:22:06: 703rd of 1,463 men, faster than 52% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:30 on the median. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 0:46. Stronger after halfway: 3:04 better against the middle of the field 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:48Running 1 3:28v median −0:06
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 5:09v median +0:05
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 5:20v median −0:06
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Block 04 11:29Running 4 5:20v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:41v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:36Running 6 5:40v median +0:10
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 5:27v median −0:01
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Block 08 10:49Running 8 4:22v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:23
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.