The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin Preston finished 120th of 219 men in the Open division at London Olympia 2026, in 1:28:03.
The runs carried this race: faster than 66% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 31% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:42 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:18 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:39Running 1 4:46v median +0:03
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 4:23v median −0:12
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 5:00v median +0:03
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Block 04 12:27Running 4 4:49v median −0:08
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:46v median −0:23
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Block 06 6:28Running 6 4:28v median −0:30
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Block 07 12:57Running 7 4:44v median −0:12
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Block 08 13:44Running 8 6:34v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 216
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 216 men who finished.