The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Ward finished 490th of 642 men in the Open division at London Olympia 2026, in 1:38:05.
The runs carried this race: faster than 62% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:00 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Olympia gained about 0:53.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:47Running 1 4:56v median +0:13
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 4:31v median −0:05
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Block 03 10:43Running 3 4:40v median −0:11
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Block 04 11:43Running 4 4:40v median −0:11
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 4:42v median −0:21
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 4:33v median −0:20
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 4:41v median −0:14
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Block 08 22:05Running 8 6:36v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 631
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 631 men who finished.