The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:16 at Manchester 2026 put Nicholas Crompton 1,013th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 8:17 slower than the median. A harder second half: 9:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:23Running 1 3:02v median −0:32
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 4:29v median −0:35
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 4:59v median −0:27
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Block 04 12:27Running 4 4:50v median −0:37
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 5:01v median −0:35
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:07v median −0:23
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Block 07 11:16Running 7 5:01v median −0:27
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Block 08 21:20Running 8 6:06v median +1:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:24
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.