The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Bullus finished 685th of 958 men in the Open division at EMEA London Olympia 2026, in 1:20:37.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:37 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:45 better against the middle of the field than the first. 7:27 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
The field ran 1:23 faster at EMEA London Olympia 2026 than at London Excel 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:20Running 1 4:07v median +0:01
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 3:56v median −0:04
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Block 03 9:15Running 3 4:15v median +0:01
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 6:19v median +2:05
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 6:33v median +2:11
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Block 06 6:34Running 6 4:29v median +0:12
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Block 07 7:06Running 7 4:30v median +0:10
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Block 08 11:54Running 8 6:10v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:27
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 953
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 953 men who finished.