The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Brain finished 920th of 1,637 men in the Open division at London 2024, in 1:28:09.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:38 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London cost the whole field time: about 1:32 more than the average race this season, going by 1,496 athletes who raced both. 8:44 slower than at Manchester 2024, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:15Running 1 5:47v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 4:16v median −0:09
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Block 03 10:21Running 3 4:39v median −0:07
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Block 04 11:46Running 4 5:00v median +0:11
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 5:05v median +0:04
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:06v median +0:14
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Block 07 11:47Running 7 5:05v median +0:13
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Block 08 12:16Running 8 5:56v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.