The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Lea finished 932nd of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:29:08.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:09 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:30 behind the median. The roxzone cost time: 10:26, behind 91% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both. 6:03 faster than at Oslo 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:02Running 1 3:39v median +0:05
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 5:27v median +0:23
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Block 03 11:00Running 3 5:41v median +0:15
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Block 04 11:42Running 4 5:32v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:33v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:14Running 6 5:35v median +0:05
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Block 07 8:41Running 7 5:31v median +0:03
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Block 08 13:34Running 8 5:07v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:26
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.