The race, in three figures
The race, in words
3:07:08 at Manchester 2026 put Owain Brooks 1,463rd of 1,463 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 44:07. The race faded late: the second half went 51:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:59 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 9:57Running 1 4:39v median +1:05
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Block 02 10:54Running 2 6:45v median +1:41
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Block 03 18:04Running 3 7:32v median +2:06
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Block 04 20:23Running 4 10:18v median +4:51
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Block 05 17:55Running 5 10:22v median +4:46
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Block 06 13:08Running 6 9:42v median +4:12
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Block 07 20:44Running 7 11:44v median +6:16
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Block 08 1:02:12Running 8 11:08v median +6:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:59
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.