The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:04:17 at EMEA London Olympia 2026 put Paul Mail & Kev Thorne 242nd of 455 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 57% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 32% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:40 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
EMEA London Olympia gave the field time back: about 3:55 faster than the average race this season, by 345 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:48Running 1 3:51v median −0:18
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Block 02 5:24Running 2 3:54v median −0:06
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Block 03 6:49Running 3 4:02v median −0:08
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Block 04 7:01Running 4 4:06v median −0:07
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Block 05 8:38Running 5 4:17v median −0:01
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Block 06 6:07Running 6 4:27v median +0:10
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Block 07 8:09Running 7 4:22v median +0:03
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Block 08 9:57Running 8 5:24v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:34
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 454
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 454 men's teams who finished.