The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Townsley finished 833rd of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:26:07.
A station race more than a running one: 60% of the field beaten on the stations, against 33% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 0:49 ahead of the median.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:39Running 1 5:18v median +1:44
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 5:11v median +0:07
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Block 03 9:40Running 3 5:27v median +0:01
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Block 04 10:02Running 4 5:28v median +0:01
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:40v median +0:04
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:42v median +0:12
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Block 07 11:00Running 7 5:38v median +0:10
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Block 08 13:10Running 8 6:43v median +2:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:34
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.