The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:58 at Manchester 2026 put Ahmed Abid 1,229th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:34 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 8:40Running 1 4:06v median +0:32
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 5:50v median +0:46
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 6:07v median +0:41
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Block 04 15:41Running 4 6:44v median +1:17
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Block 05 12:25Running 5 7:23v median +1:47
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Block 06 9:24Running 6 6:51v median +1:21
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Block 07 13:58Running 7 7:21v median +1:53
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Block 08 16:10Running 8 9:33v median +4:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:29
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.