The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lewis O’Sullivan finished 1,126th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:37:06.
The runs carried this race: faster than 42% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:05 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:12 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 9:37Running 1 5:04v median +1:30
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Block 02 9:44Running 2 5:04v median +0:00
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Block 03 11:42Running 3 6:01v median +0:35
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Block 04 12:44Running 4 6:00v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:49Running 5 5:47v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:26v median −0:04
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Block 07 12:19Running 7 5:06v median −0:22
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Block 08 13:30Running 8 4:28v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:05
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.