The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Holdback & Matthew Beckwith finished 184th of 384 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at London Olympia 2026, in 1:13:07, faster than 52% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 66% of the field across all eight, against 45% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:41 on the median. A harder second half: 1:12 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 1:07.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 5:04v median +0:11
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Block 02 6:34Running 2 4:51v median +0:10
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Block 03 7:42Running 3 4:55v median −0:01
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Block 04 7:41Running 4 5:07v median +0:09
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Block 05 9:37Running 5 5:18v median +0:10
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Block 06 6:55Running 6 5:08v median +0:09
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Block 07 9:08Running 7 5:18v median +0:19
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 7:19v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:58
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 377
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 377 men's teams who finished.