The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Pepper finished 1,458th of 1,463 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 2:32:10.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 9:16. A harder second half: 6:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 15:14 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
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 10:15Running 1 5:16v median +1:42
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Block 02 15:39Running 2 7:51v median +2:47
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Block 03 17:09Running 3 8:19v median +2:53
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Block 04 21:37Running 4 8:16v median +2:49
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Block 05 13:59Running 5 8:31v median +2:55
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Block 06 12:12Running 6 8:45v median +3:15
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Block 07 22:03Running 7 9:07v median +3:39
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Block 08 24:11Running 8 7:58v median +3:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:14
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.