The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Taylor finished 1,252nd of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:44:26.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:49 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:28 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 14:33, behind 97% of the field.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:21.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:58Running 1 4:07v median +0:33
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 5:44v median +0:40
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Block 03 12:04Running 3 6:03v median +0:37
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Block 04 9:26Running 4 6:19v median +0:52
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Block 05 12:02Running 5 6:31v median +0:55
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 6:18v median +0:48
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Block 07 14:39Running 7 6:31v median +1:03
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Block 08 14:12Running 8 5:25v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:33
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.