The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dave Purton & Lee Didcock finished 342nd of 396 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at London Olympia 2026, in 1:28:13.
The stations carried this race: faster than 69% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:36 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London Olympia gave the field time back: about 1:07 faster than the average race this season, by 1,281 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:04Running 1 6:08v median +1:17
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 5:45v median +1:09
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Block 03 9:00Running 3 6:24v median +1:30
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Block 04 10:06Running 4 7:00v median +2:05
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 6:38v median +1:33
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 7:11v median +2:12
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Block 07 10:33Running 7 7:34v median +2:35
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Block 08 15:29Running 8 11:03v median +4:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:44
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 395
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 395 men's teams who finished.