The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sarah Shakespeare finished 474th of 493 women in the Open division at London Olympia 2026, in 2:14:53.
A station race more than a running one: 24% of the field beaten on the stations, against 1% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:14 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:29 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London Olympia gave the field time back: about 1:28 faster than the average race this season, by 1,083 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:11Running 1 8:56v median +3:29
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Block 02 12:27Running 2 9:11v median +3:53
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Block 03 14:04Running 3 9:34v median +4:06
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Block 04 17:46Running 4 10:13v median +4:43
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Block 05 16:14Running 5 10:28v median +4:46
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Block 06 13:22Running 6 10:10v median +4:38
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Block 07 17:45Running 7 10:26v median +4:57
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Block 08 22:27Running 8 14:02v median +6:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:45
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 489
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 489 women who finished.