The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:45 at Manchester 2026 put Yuet meng andy Ng 888th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:23 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:35 better against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:07 slower at Manchester 2026 than at London Excel 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:53Running 1 3:38v median +0:04
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 4:58v median −0:06
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Block 03 11:37Running 3 5:29v median +0:03
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Block 04 12:30Running 4 5:34v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:31v median −0:05
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:31v median +0:01
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Block 07 12:59Running 7 5:17v median −0:11
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Block 08 11:14Running 8 4:08v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:32
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.