The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Phillips finished 312th of 1,637 men in the Open division at London 2024, in 1:14:26, faster than 81% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 92% of the field beaten on the stations, against 59% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:06 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:05 better against the middle of the field than the first.
London cost the whole field time: about 1:32 more than the average race this season, going by 1,496 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:58Running 1 5:56v median +0:07
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 4:20v median −0:05
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 4:41v median −0:05
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 4:40v median −0:09
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Block 05 9:05Running 5 4:45v median −0:16
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Block 06 6:14Running 6 4:36v median −0:16
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Block 07 8:29Running 7 4:43v median −0:09
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Block 08 9:56Running 8 4:56v median −0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1531
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,531 men who finished.