The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Bacon finished 709th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:22:18, faster than 52% of the field.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:30.
The field ran 1:07 slower at Manchester 2026 than at London Excel 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:52Running 1 3:41v median +0:07
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 5:02v median −0:02
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 5:33v median +0:07
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 5:30v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:30v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:48v median +0:18
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 5:25v median −0:03
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Block 08 11:54Running 8 4:36v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:16
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.