The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nicholas Lee finished 1,048th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:33:23.
The stations carried this race: faster than 63% of the field across all eight, against 35% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:21 on the median. 14:45 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
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 7:49Running 1 3:40v median +0:06
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Block 02 8:56Running 2 5:35v median +0:31
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Block 03 11:25Running 3 6:32v median +1:06
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Block 04 9:33Running 4 6:24v median +0:57
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:56v median +0:20
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 5:57v median +0:27
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Block 07 8:55Running 7 5:57v median +0:29
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Block 08 13:02Running 8 4:39v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:45
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.