The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Saul Blackwell finished 815th of 897 men in the Open division at London Olympia 2026, in 1:53:27.
The sled pull was where this race was made, 0:35 ahead of the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:29. A harder second half: 11:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Olympia gained about 0:53. An improvement of 1:01:11 on London 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:41Running 1 5:54v median +1:14
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Block 02 9:36Running 2 5:51v median +1:19
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 6:20v median +1:28
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Block 04 14:14Running 4 6:21v median +1:28
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 6:39v median +1:37
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Block 06 9:04Running 6 6:30v median +1:36
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Block 07 16:01Running 7 6:43v median +1:49
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Block 08 24:10Running 8 10:22v median +3:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:39
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.