The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Illingworth finished 854th of 1,637 men in the Open division at London 2024, in 1:26:39.
The runs carried this race: faster than 62% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 41% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:28 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in London. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:32.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:37Running 1 5:08v median −0:41
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 3:53v median −0:32
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Block 03 9:01Running 3 4:25v median −0:21
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Block 04 11:55Running 4 4:29v median −0:20
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 4:43v median −0:18
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 4:51v median −0:01
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Block 07 9:39Running 7 4:38v median −0:14
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Block 08 14:09Running 8 6:04v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:42
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.