The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Collis finished 1,185th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:40:37.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:31. The race faded late: the second half went 4:23 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 9:55Running 1 5:33v median +1:59
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Block 02 8:05Running 2 5:37v median +0:33
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 6:05v median +0:39
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Block 04 14:42Running 4 6:09v median +0:42
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 6:19v median +0:43
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 6:22v median +0:52
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Block 07 14:39Running 7 6:22v median +0:54
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Block 08 17:55Running 8 7:27v median +2:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:46
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.