The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joe Cook & Matt Gilbert finished 158th of 207 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at London Olympia 2026, in 1:19:26.
The stations carried this race: faster than 46% of the field across all eight, against 19% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:13 from the median. Stronger after halfway: 5:06 better against the middle of the field than before it.
London Olympia ran fast: the 1,281 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:07 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:41Running 1 5:39v median +1:04
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Block 02 7:14Running 2 5:15v median +0:52
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Block 03 8:39Running 3 5:21v median +0:45
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Block 04 11:06Running 4 7:39v median +3:00
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 5:21v median +0:31
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 5:14v median +0:29
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Block 07 8:46Running 7 5:09v median +0:22
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 7:05v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:07
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 207
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 207 men's teams who finished.