The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:01 at Manchester 2026 put Will Roose 754th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 79% of the field across all eight, against 23% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:55 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 8:35 better 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 8:31Running 1 4:02v median +0:28
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Block 02 10:45Running 2 8:28v median +3:24
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 7:43v median +2:17
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Block 04 10:57Running 4 5:41v median +0:14
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 5:41v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 5:46v median +0:16
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 5:32v median +0:04
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Block 08 10:13Running 8 4:46v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:11
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.