The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:24 at Manchester 2026 put Matt Curtis 906th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:50 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:05Running 1 3:45v median +0:11
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 5:31v median +0:27
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Block 03 10:32Running 3 5:48v median +0:22
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Block 04 11:32Running 4 6:05v median +0:38
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 5:53v median +0:17
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:53v median +0:23
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Block 07 12:01Running 7 5:52v median +0:24
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 5:21v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:57
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.