The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Borrett took 2nd of 11 in the 50–54 age group at Cologne 2026, in 1:18:48.
The runs carried this race: faster than 81% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 51% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:42. The race faded late: the second half went 2:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
That was 2:34 off the time at London Olympia 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:45Running 1 3:30v median −0:29
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 4:24v median −0:40
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 4:49v median −0:42
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Block 04 9:17Running 4 4:50v median −0:40
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Block 05 9:40Running 5 4:56v median −0:47
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Block 06 6:29Running 6 4:54v median −0:36
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Block 07 9:41Running 7 5:03v median −0:31
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Block 08 14:25Running 8 4:46v median −0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 258
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 258 men who finished.