The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steve Hindley finished 1,018th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:32:35.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:48 ahead of the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:37. A harder second half: 2:59 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 8:22Running 1 3:25v median −0:09
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 5:16v median +0:12
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Block 03 12:23Running 3 5:44v median +0:18
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Block 04 10:30Running 4 5:30v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 5:50v median +0:14
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 5:25v median −0:05
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Block 07 8:02Running 7 5:31v median +0:03
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Block 08 16:27Running 8 4:53v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:32
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.