The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Booth finished 755th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:24:04.
Legs and stations told different stories: 64% of the field beaten on the runs, 30% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:19. A harder second half: 3:30 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. That was 11:23 off the time at London 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:32Running 1 3:07v median −0:27
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:38v median −0:26
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Block 03 9:36Running 3 5:19v median −0:07
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 5:06v median −0:21
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:41v median +0:05
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 5:15v median −0:15
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Block 07 10:33Running 7 5:08v median −0:20
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Block 08 15:52Running 8 4:36v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:29
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.