The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Taylor-Holmes finished 116th of 177 men in the Open division at London Olympia 2026, in 1:34:36.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:14 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London Olympia gave the field time back: about 0:53 faster than the average race this season, by 1,564 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:58Running 1 6:02v median +1:20
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 4:27v median −0:10
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 4:55v median +0:02
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 4:59v median +0:06
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 5:28v median +0:25
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 5:08v median +0:15
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Block 07 11:16Running 7 5:17v median +0:21
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Block 08 18:26Running 8 7:30v median +0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:16
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 176
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 176 men who finished.