The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Liam Nyklewicz-Betney finished 749th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:23:54.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:03 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:10 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.
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 7:30Running 1 3:12v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 4:53v median −0:11
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 5:25v median −0:01
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Block 04 11:21Running 4 5:31v median +0:04
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 6:06v median +0:30
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:40v median +0:10
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Block 07 8:20Running 7 5:04v median −0:24
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Block 08 11:19Running 8 4:29v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:10
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.