The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Conn Foster finished 1,231st of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:43:09.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 11:05 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 13:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:40Running 1 3:20v median −0:14
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 5:15v median +0:11
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Block 03 11:30Running 3 5:50v median +0:24
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Block 04 11:47Running 4 5:51v median +0:24
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Block 05 11:15Running 5 6:06v median +0:30
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Block 06 8:27Running 6 5:54v median +0:24
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Block 07 13:19Running 7 5:54v median +0:26
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Block 08 23:18Running 8 5:16v median +0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:26
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.