The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Callum Godden finished 1,196th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:41:01.
A station race more than a running one: 35% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:57 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:03 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 11:26Running 1 6:40v median +3:06
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 6:17v median +1:13
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Block 03 12:02Running 3 7:00v median +1:34
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Block 04 13:23Running 4 7:07v median +1:40
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Block 05 12:29Running 5 7:15v median +1:39
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Block 06 9:02Running 6 6:38v median +1:08
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Block 07 13:03Running 7 6:47v median +1:19
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Block 08 12:55Running 8 6:05v median +1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:41
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.