The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Loomes finished 1,160th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:39:05.
The runs carried this race: faster than 37% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:37. The race faded late: the second half went 3:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:13Running 1 3:40v median +0:06
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Block 02 8:51Running 2 5:18v median +0:14
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Block 03 11:55Running 3 6:07v median +0:41
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Block 04 14:13Running 4 6:03v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 6:07v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 6:01v median +0:31
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Block 07 14:05Running 7 5:49v median +0:21
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Block 08 16:49Running 8 5:15v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:11
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.