The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew de la Hey finished 824th of 958 men in the Open division at EMEA London Olympia 2026, in 1:29:42.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:59. The race faded late: the second half went 5:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:07 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
EMEA London Olympia gave the field time back: about 2:06 faster than the average race this season, by 735 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:36Running 1 4:49v median +0:43
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 4:41v median +0:41
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 5:00v median +0:46
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Block 04 9:52Running 4 4:58v median +0:44
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Block 05 9:48Running 5 5:20v median +0:58
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Block 06 6:17Running 6 4:43v median +0:26
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Block 07 7:05Running 7 4:48v median +0:28
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Block 08 21:38Running 8 11:52v median +5:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:07
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.