The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ian Dickens finished 780th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:24:39.
Legs and stations told different stories: 63% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:17 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Manchester 2026 and London Excel 2025 were 1:07 slower here, so the course was tougher than the clock suggests.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:52Running 1 3:27v median −0:07
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 4:43v median −0:21
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Block 03 9:21Running 3 4:48v median −0:38
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Block 04 11:01Running 4 4:54v median −0:33
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 5:13v median −0:23
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 4:59v median −0:31
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Block 07 10:44Running 7 5:03v median −0:25
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Block 08 16:10Running 8 5:56v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:24
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.