The race, in three figures
The race, in words
3:12:03 at London Olympia 2026 put Richard Parsons 896th of 897 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 18:54. The race faded late: the second half went 26:50 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 18:00 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
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 11:15Running 1 5:48v median +1:08
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Block 02 16:10Running 2 7:51v median +3:19
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Block 03 19:47Running 3 9:55v median +5:03
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Block 04 26:29Running 4 9:10v median +4:17
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Block 05 20:45Running 5 14:58v median +9:56
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Block 06 15:31Running 6 11:49v median +6:55
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Block 07 19:31Running 7 13:29v median +8:35
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Block 08 44:42Running 8 18:29v median +11:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:00
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.