The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stoyan Simov finished 791st of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:24:53.
The stations carried this race: faster than 68% of the field across all eight, against 30% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:14 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:21.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:20Running 1 4:03v median +0:29
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 5:35v median +0:31
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 6:04v median +0:38
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Block 04 10:10Running 4 6:01v median +0:34
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 6:17v median +0:41
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Block 06 8:35Running 6 6:17v median +0:47
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Block 07 11:43Running 7 6:17v median +0:49
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Block 08 11:12Running 8 5:13v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:03
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.