The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ruben Thompson finished in the top 10% of the field at London Olympia 2026, in 1:08:11 for 75th of 716 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:23 on the median. A harder second half: 1:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:10, was faster than 94% of the field.
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
-
Block 01 7:42Running 1 3:36v median −1:07
-
Block 02 6:23Running 2 3:36v median −1:00
-
Block 03 7:01Running 3 3:50v median −1:02
-
Block 04 7:54Running 4 3:55v median −0:57
-
Block 05 8:35Running 5 4:07v median −0:56
-
Block 06 6:21Running 6 3:56v median −0:57
-
Block 07 8:08Running 7 3:59v median −0:55
-
Block 08 12:05Running 8 5:33v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 706
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 706 men who finished.