The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:17:26 at London Olympia 2026 put Simon Smith 176th of 177 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:10. A harder second half: 3:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:41 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
Athletes who raced both London Olympia 2026 and Manchester 2026 were 4:06 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:15Running 1 6:46v median +2:04
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Block 02 14:54Running 2 10:04v median +5:27
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Block 03 16:42Running 3 10:19v median +5:26
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Block 04 15:48Running 4 7:35v median +2:42
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Block 05 13:43Running 5 7:53v median +2:50
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Block 06 12:08Running 6 7:58v median +3:05
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Block 07 18:41Running 7 8:14v median +3:18
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Block 08 22:42Running 8 12:29v median +5:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:41
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.