The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:51:39 at Manchester 2026 put Phil Facey 1,339th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 1% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 9:28. The race faded late: the second half went 9:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:29Running 1 3:45v median +0:11
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Block 02 8:05Running 2 5:01v median −0:03
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 5:17v median −0:09
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Block 04 19:23Running 4 5:31v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 5:32v median −0:04
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:37v median +0:07
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Block 07 20:22Running 7 5:35v median +0:07
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Block 08 19:31Running 8 4:56v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:38
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.