The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:45 at Manchester 2026 put Jake Matthews 915th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 58% of the field across all eight, against 23% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:23 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:21.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:28Running 1 6:12v median +2:38
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 5:40v median +0:36
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Block 03 9:08Running 3 6:11v median +0:45
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 6:17v median +0:50
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 6:26v median +0:50
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 5:56v median +0:26
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Block 07 10:45Running 7 6:15v median +0:47
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Block 08 14:12Running 8 4:52v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:11
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.