The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lee Mcgrath finished 784th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:24:42.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 32% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:53. A harder second half: 2:12 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:38Running 1 3:28v median −0:06
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 4:57v median −0:07
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 5:12v median −0:14
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Block 04 11:35Running 4 5:25v median −0:02
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:31v median −0:05
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 5:29v median −0:01
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 5:24v median −0:04
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Block 08 13:21Running 8 4:31v median −0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:30
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.