The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Reece Johnson finished 934th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:29:11.
Legs and stations told different stories: 52% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:07. The race faded late: the second half went 5:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:53Running 1 3:31v median −0:03
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:09v median +0:05
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 5:37v median +0:11
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Block 04 11:54Running 4 5:30v median +0:03
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Block 05 12:31Running 5 5:41v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:21v median −0:09
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Block 07 12:13Running 7 5:20v median −0:08
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Block 08 14:42Running 8 4:38v median −0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:44
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.