The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dave Bottomley finished 1,039th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:33:07.
The runs carried this race: faster than 42% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:52. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:41 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 4:00v median +0:26
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 5:27v median +0:23
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Block 03 11:39Running 3 5:26v median +0:00
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Block 04 12:57Running 4 5:38v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:39v median +0:03
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 6:15v median +0:45
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Block 07 13:39Running 7 5:28v median +0:00
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Block 08 11:28Running 8 5:02v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:00
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.