The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Liam Clarke finished 961st of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:30:04.
The stations carried this race: faster than 44% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:17 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 1:03 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:22Running 1 4:02v median +0:28
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Block 02 8:48Running 2 5:58v median +0:54
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 6:14v median +0:48
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Block 04 11:26Running 4 6:07v median +0:40
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Block 05 11:43Running 5 7:03v median +1:27
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:34v median +1:04
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Block 07 12:57Running 7 6:21v median +0:53
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Block 08 13:19Running 8 5:10v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:07
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.