The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joseph Richards finished 1,605th of 1,917 men in the Open division at London 2025, in 1:38:05.
The runs carried this race: faster than 34% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:43 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London gave the field time back: about 1:32 faster than the average race this season, by 1,383 athletes who raced both. That was 10:16 off the time at Copenhagen 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:19Running 1 4:46v median +0:10
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Block 02 8:42Running 2 4:48v median +0:18
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Block 03 10:56Running 3 5:00v median +0:11
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Block 04 11:41Running 4 5:14v median +0:25
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:19v median +0:21
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 5:25v median +0:33
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Block 07 11:33Running 7 5:25v median +0:30
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Block 08 19:03Running 8 7:10v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1855
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,855 men who finished.