The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Neil Mirtle finished 530th of 642 men in the Open division at London Olympia 2026, in 1:42:40.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:08. A harder second half: 3:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both London Olympia 2026 and London 2023 were 7:24 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 10:32Running 1 5:38v median +0:55
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 5:23v median +0:47
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Block 03 11:20Running 3 5:48v median +0:57
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Block 04 12:44Running 4 5:46v median +0:55
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Block 05 11:22Running 5 6:04v median +1:01
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 6:02v median +1:09
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Block 07 14:51Running 7 6:23v median +1:28
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Block 08 17:10Running 8 9:15v median +2:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
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.