The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:22 at London Olympia 2026 put Michael Dowling 613th of 897 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 72% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:46 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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. 4:09 slower than at Copenhagen 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 4:14v median −0:26
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:09v median −0:23
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Block 03 8:57Running 3 4:20v median −0:32
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Block 04 12:39Running 4 4:21v median −0:32
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:10v median +0:08
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 4:40v median −0:14
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Block 07 8:13Running 7 4:25v median −0:29
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Block 08 15:54Running 8 6:29v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:34
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.