The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:15 at London Olympia 2026 put Stephen Ford & Helen Fairman 178th of 203 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 35% of the field across all eight, against 7% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:01 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:57 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Olympia gained about 1:22.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:42Running 1 6:24v median +1:21
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Block 02 9:23Running 2 6:22v median +1:31
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Block 03 11:10Running 3 6:41v median +1:32
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 6:46v median +1:37
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Block 05 11:41Running 5 6:59v median +1:45
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Block 06 9:44Running 6 7:30v median +2:25
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Block 07 12:44Running 7 7:49v median +2:41
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Block 08 14:19Running 8 10:03v median +3:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:15
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 203
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 203 mixed teams who finished.