The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fred Mears finished 758th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:24:08.
A station race more than a running one: 69% of the field beaten on the stations, against 30% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:18 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:46 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 8:42Running 1 4:17v median +0:43
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 5:48v median +0:44
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 5:53v median +0:27
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Block 04 11:26Running 4 5:58v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 6:11v median +0:35
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 6:13v median +0:43
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Block 07 10:44Running 7 6:08v median +0:40
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Block 08 10:57Running 8 5:18v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:22
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.