The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Kent finished 1,332nd of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:51:09.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:55. The race faded late: the second half went 4:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:58 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
The field ran 2:03 faster at Manchester 2026 than at Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:22Running 1 4:40v median +1:06
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Block 02 9:48Running 2 6:45v median +1:41
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Block 03 12:26Running 3 7:08v median +1:42
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Block 04 15:26Running 4 7:13v median +1:46
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Block 05 13:00Running 5 7:41v median +2:05
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Block 06 10:48Running 6 7:39v median +2:09
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Block 07 16:25Running 7 8:11v median +2:43
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Block 08 15:05Running 8 7:22v median +2:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:58
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.