The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:38:29 at Manchester 2026 put Vaz Velu 1,459th of 1,463 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 11:00. The race faded late: the second half went 11:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 9:52, behind 90% of the field.
The field ran 1:07 slower at Manchester 2026 than at London Excel 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:58Running 1 4:56v median +1:22
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Block 02 16:14Running 2 10:33v median +5:29
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Block 03 16:21Running 3 9:29v median +4:03
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Block 04 24:12Running 4 9:26v median +3:59
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Block 05 16:14Running 5 10:20v median +4:44
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Block 06 13:25Running 6 9:32v median +4:02
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Block 07 27:23Running 7 11:04v median +5:36
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Block 08 24:59Running 8 9:52v median +5:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:52
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.