The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:02 at Manchester 2026 put Ben Lui 897th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 58% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:47 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:21. That was 8:08 off the time at Rome 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:16Running 1 3:59v median +0:25
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:52v median +0:48
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 6:07v median +0:41
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Block 04 10:53Running 4 6:17v median +0:50
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Block 05 11:31Running 5 6:38v median +1:02
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Block 06 9:08Running 6 6:42v median +1:12
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 6:40v median +1:12
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Block 08 14:28Running 8 5:44v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:26
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.