The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Colin Harper finished 898th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:28:03.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:24 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Manchester 2026 and Dublin 2025 were 1:05 slower here, so the course was tougher than the clock suggests.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 3:41v median +0:07
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 5:13v median +0:09
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Block 03 10:42Running 3 5:17v median −0:09
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 5:22v median −0:05
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 5:39v median +0:03
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:27v median −0:03
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Block 07 12:15Running 7 5:32v median +0:04
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Block 08 12:59Running 8 4:46v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:04
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.