The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:26 at London Olympia 2026 put Samuel Preece 589th of 897 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 55% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 19% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:33. A harder second half: 2:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 5:08 faster at London Olympia 2026 than at Cardiff 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:59Running 1 4:13v median −0:27
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Block 02 9:30Running 2 4:38v median +0:06
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Block 03 9:48Running 3 4:54v median +0:02
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Block 04 11:01Running 4 4:50v median −0:03
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 4:58v median −0:04
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 5:04v median +0:10
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Block 07 11:11Running 7 5:02v median +0:08
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Block 08 18:33Running 8 6:41v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:45
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 882
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 882 men who finished.