The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Roy Shortall finished 825th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:25:57.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:44. A harder second half: 1:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 slower here than at their other races. An improvement of 2:32 on Hamburg 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:58Running 1 3:37v median +0:03
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 5:10v median +0:06
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 5:27v median +0:01
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 5:37v median +0:10
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:41v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:40v median +0:10
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Block 07 13:13Running 7 6:10v median +0:42
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Block 08 11:49Running 8 4:59v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:08
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.