The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pier Paolo Lombardo finished 470th of 716 men in the Open division at London Olympia 2026, in 1:29:59.
The runs carried this race: faster than 59% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:03 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:44 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London Olympia ran fast: the 1,564 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:53 quicker here than at their other races. Pier Paolo Lombardo's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 4:28v median −0:15
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 4:19v median −0:17
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Block 03 11:09Running 3 5:06v median +0:14
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 4:40v median −0:12
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 4:40v median −0:23
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 4:41v median −0:12
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Block 07 11:56Running 7 4:45v median −0:09
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Block 08 15:07Running 8 6:44v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:30
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.