The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jono Woodhouse won the 50–54 age group at Beijing 2026 in 1:15:44, first of 11.
Legs and stations told different stories: 88% of the field beaten on the runs, 59% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 3:08 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:23, was faster than 89% of the field.
Beijing gave the field time back: about 1:11 faster than the average race this season, by 162 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 3:50v median −0:14
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 3:47v median −0:35
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Block 03 9:33Running 3 4:05v median −0:42
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Block 04 9:20Running 4 4:01v median −0:38
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Block 05 8:28Running 5 4:00v median −0:44
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Block 06 5:42Running 6 3:59v median −0:32
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Block 07 9:00Running 7 4:00v median −0:36
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Block 08 11:59Running 8 4:39v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 173
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 173 men who finished.