The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:40 at Birmingham 2026 put Nicolas Manuel 483rd of 677 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 51% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:19. A harder second half: 4:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 1:29 faster at Birmingham 2026 than at London Olympia 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:23Running 1 5:16v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 4:36v median +0:08
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 4:47v median +0:01
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Block 04 11:04Running 4 4:38v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 4:55v median +0:02
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 4:22v median −0:27
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Block 07 11:23Running 7 4:39v median −0:10
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Block 08 15:55Running 8 5:35v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:22
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 676
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 676 men who finished.