The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:44 at London Olympia 2026 put Matthew Francis 436th of 716 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:45 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:29 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:39 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:33Running 1 5:06v median +0:23
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Block 02 7:26Running 2 4:54v median +0:18
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 5:21v median +0:29
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Block 04 11:26Running 4 5:20v median +0:28
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:35v median +0:32
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 5:32v median +0:39
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Block 07 9:57Running 7 5:34v median +0:40
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Block 08 16:25Running 8 7:43v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:10
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.