The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:12 at Manchester 2026 put Steven Myers 1,314th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 31% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 6:52 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 8:28 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both. That was 11:25 off the time at London 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:18Running 1 3:45v median +0:11
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Block 02 10:20Running 2 6:08v median +1:04
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Block 03 16:10Running 3 6:40v median +1:14
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Block 04 18:33Running 4 6:18v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:59Running 5 6:05v median +0:29
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:41v median +0:11
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Block 07 14:02Running 7 6:01v median +0:33
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Block 08 12:40Running 8 4:57v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:57
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.