The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:54 at Manchester 2026 put Ben Ridgeway 923rd of 1,463 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 51% of the field across all eight, against 28% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:10 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:24 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:05Running 1 3:52v median +0:18
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 6:06v median +1:02
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Block 03 10:28Running 3 6:37v median +1:11
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Block 04 11:41Running 4 6:08v median +0:41
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 6:07v median +0:31
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 6:27v median +0:57
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Block 07 12:33Running 7 6:04v median +0:36
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Block 08 11:10Running 8 4:59v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:38
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.