The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Taplin finished 1,147th of 1,206 men in the Open division at Manchester 2024, in 1:54:56.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:26 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:25 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:21Running 1 4:34v median +1:04
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Block 02 9:42Running 2 6:15v median +1:21
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Block 03 13:09Running 3 6:42v median +1:30
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Block 04 16:18Running 4 6:48v median +1:34
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Block 05 12:34Running 5 7:11v median +1:52
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Block 06 10:42Running 6 6:48v median +1:32
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Block 07 16:52Running 7 6:30v median +1:14
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Block 08 18:02Running 8 7:45v median +2:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:25
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1180
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,180 men who finished.