The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Roger Thomas finished 721st of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:22:49, faster than 51% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:57 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:47 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:38Running 1 3:22v median −0:12
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Block 02 7:01Running 2 4:39v median −0:25
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Block 03 9:40Running 3 4:56v median −0:30
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Block 04 7:13Running 4 4:47v median −0:40
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 4:55v median −0:41
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Block 06 10:44Running 6 8:07v median +2:37
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Block 07 9:19Running 7 4:52v median −0:36
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Block 08 14:53Running 8 4:09v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:06
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.