The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lucas Richards finished 1,113th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:36:22.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:45. A harder second half: 5:24 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 8:10Running 1 3:34v median +0:00
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Block 02 9:19Running 2 5:34v median +0:30
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Block 03 10:48Running 3 6:03v median +0:37
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Block 04 12:04Running 4 5:58v median +0:31
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Block 05 11:08Running 5 6:00v median +0:24
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Block 06 10:16Running 6 6:49v median +1:19
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Block 07 13:50Running 7 6:46v median +1:18
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Block 08 14:17Running 8 6:12v median +1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:36
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.