The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:58 at Manchester 2026 put Lewis Riley 1,090th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 42% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:30. A harder second half: 7:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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
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Block 01 7:56Running 1 3:37v median +0:03
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 4:57v median −0:07
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Block 03 9:26Running 3 5:31v median +0:05
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Block 04 14:09Running 4 5:34v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:36Running 5 5:53v median +0:17
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 5:56v median +0:26
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Block 07 16:57Running 7 6:08v median +0:40
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Block 08 14:16Running 8 5:23v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
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.