The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:35 at Manchester 2026 put David Smith 1,080th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:59 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:20 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:03 faster at Manchester 2026 than at Birmingham 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 8:01Running 1 3:40v median +0:06
-
Block 02 8:28Running 2 5:32v median +0:28
-
Block 03 10:56Running 3 5:43v median +0:17
-
Block 04 12:17Running 4 5:50v median +0:23
-
Block 05 10:52Running 5 6:03v median +0:27
-
Block 06 8:45Running 6 6:14v median +0:44
-
Block 07 9:26Running 7 6:06v median +0:38
-
Block 08 16:49Running 8 5:32v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:10
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.