The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Owen Cassar finished 710th of 897 men in the Open division at London Olympia 2026, in 1:40:26.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:34 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:01 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:41Running 1 4:58v median +0:18
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Block 02 9:23Running 2 4:52v median +0:20
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 5:11v median +0:19
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Block 04 12:23Running 4 5:09v median +0:16
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:18v median +0:16
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Block 06 7:48Running 6 5:17v median +0:23
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Block 07 12:55Running 7 5:06v median +0:12
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Block 08 17:03Running 8 7:17v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:25
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.