The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Colin Clayton took 2nd of 21 in the 55–59 age group at London Olympia 2026, in 1:23:59.
Legs and stations told different stories: 76% of the field beaten on the runs, 29% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:56 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London Olympia gave the field time back: about 0:53 faster than the average race this season, by 1,564 athletes who raced both. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Colin Clayton.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:58Running 1 4:21v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 4:02v median −0:34
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Block 03 9:00Running 3 4:16v median −0:36
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Block 04 9:31Running 4 4:18v median −0:34
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 4:33v median −0:30
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Block 06 6:19Running 6 4:20v median −0:33
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Block 07 10:26Running 7 4:16v median −0:38
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Block 08 16:30Running 8 6:21v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:17
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.