The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:25 at Manchester 2026 put Chris Mcgowan 1,151st of 1,463 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 35% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:07 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:21.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:31Running 1 2:58v median −0:36
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Block 02 8:56Running 2 4:54v median −0:10
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Block 03 14:57Running 3 8:49v median +3:23
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Block 04 11:34Running 4 5:35v median +0:08
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 5:31v median −0:05
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Block 06 9:30Running 6 5:56v median +0:26
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Block 07 14:35Running 7 6:09v median +0:41
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Block 08 14:25Running 8 4:53v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:28
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.