The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Manchester 2026, Ashley Burton crossed the line in 1:22:23: 711th of 1,463 men, faster than 51% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 40% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:43 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:57Running 1 3:31v median −0:03
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Block 02 7:42Running 2 5:01v median −0:03
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 5:23v median −0:03
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Block 04 10:30Running 4 5:34v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:49v median +0:13
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:40v median +0:10
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Block 07 10:06Running 7 5:30v median +0:02
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Block 08 13:39Running 8 7:07v median +2:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:10
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.