The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:48:04 at Manchester 2026 put Carl Thornton 1,301st of 1,463 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:28. The race faded late: the second half went 3:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 1:03 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:37Running 1 6:01v median +2:27
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 5:56v median +0:52
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Block 03 11:20Running 3 6:23v median +0:57
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Block 04 16:35Running 4 6:49v median +1:22
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Block 05 12:16Running 5 7:02v median +1:26
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Block 06 9:53Running 6 7:11v median +1:41
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Block 07 16:40Running 7 6:53v median +1:25
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Block 08 14:43Running 8 5:46v median +1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:13
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.