The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin Lyons finished 1,163rd of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:39:16.
The runs carried this race: faster than 48% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:38 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:10 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 10:18Running 1 5:26v median +1:52
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 5:02v median −0:02
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:08v median −0:18
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Block 04 13:45Running 4 5:13v median −0:14
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:15v median −0:21
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 5:14v median −0:16
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Block 07 12:21Running 7 5:16v median −0:12
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Block 08 20:40Running 8 5:05v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:50
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.