The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Anton Bedford finished 983rd of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:30:58.
The stations carried this race: faster than 49% of the field across all eight, against 23% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:04 on the median. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 0:39.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both. 3:36 slower than at Oslo 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:09Running 1 3:30v median −0:04
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 5:12v median +0:08
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 6:17v median +0:51
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Block 04 12:50Running 4 6:55v median +1:28
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Block 05 11:27Running 5 6:24v median +0:48
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Block 06 9:04Running 6 6:18v median +0:48
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Block 07 12:31Running 7 6:52v median +1:24
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Block 08 11:21Running 8 6:28v median +1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:49
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.