The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andy Mcwilliams finished 1,449th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 2:21:41.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:50. A harder second half: 19:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:45 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:21.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:22Running 1 5:01v median +1:27
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Block 02 10:53Running 2 8:09v median +3:05
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Block 03 14:27Running 3 9:27v median +4:01
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Block 04 19:55Running 4 9:52v median +4:25
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Block 05 16:16Running 5 11:30v median +5:54
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Block 06 13:33Running 6 11:10v median +5:40
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Block 07 22:02Running 7 11:53v median +6:25
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Block 08 25:36Running 8 15:22v median +10:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:45
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.