The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:13 at London 2024 put Steve Roberts 1,207th of 1,637 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 43% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:58 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 11:15Running 1 6:52v median +1:03
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 4:55v median +0:30
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Block 03 10:57Running 3 5:08v median +0:22
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Block 04 11:15Running 4 5:16v median +0:27
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Block 05 10:35Running 5 5:45v median +0:44
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Block 06 8:27Running 6 5:34v median +0:42
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Block 07 10:03Running 7 5:37v median +0:45
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Block 08 14:19Running 8 6:45v median +1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:58
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.