The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Max Lamb finished 1,400th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 2:00:38.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:16. The race faded late: the second half went 13:40 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 10:14Running 1 5:36v median +2:02
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Block 02 10:08Running 2 6:33v median +1:29
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Block 03 13:30Running 3 6:42v median +1:16
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Block 04 14:13Running 4 7:28v median +2:01
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Block 05 13:11Running 5 7:59v median +2:23
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Block 06 10:19Running 6 7:22v median +1:52
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Block 07 14:45Running 7 7:32v median +2:04
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Block 08 26:38Running 8 14:25v median +9:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:49
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.