The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jack Salt finished 1,313th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:49:07.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:17. A harder second half: 2:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:33 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 11:13Running 1 6:38v median +3:04
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Block 02 9:23Running 2 6:29v median +1:25
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Block 03 11:53Running 3 6:36v median +1:10
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Block 04 11:14Running 4 6:38v median +1:11
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Block 05 11:40Running 5 6:34v median +0:58
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Block 06 9:43Running 6 6:44v median +1:14
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Block 07 15:24Running 7 6:48v median +1:20
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Block 08 16:12Running 8 6:07v median +1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:33
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.