The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:15:56 at Manchester 2026 put Alex Lydall 1,444th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 10:14. The race faded late: the second half went 20:28 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 10:19, behind 91% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 1:03 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 4:46v median +1:12
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Block 02 10:40Running 2 6:55v median +1:51
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Block 03 13:05Running 3 7:24v median +1:58
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Block 04 18:40Running 4 8:18v median +2:51
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Block 05 14:29Running 5 9:05v median +3:29
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Block 06 11:19Running 6 8:22v median +2:52
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Block 07 24:29Running 7 8:56v median +3:28
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Block 08 23:32Running 8 7:30v median +2:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:19
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.