The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:35 at London 2024 put James Palmer 1,319th of 1,637 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 10:49 behind the median. A harder second half: 11:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London ran slow: the 1,496 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:32 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:00Running 1 6:26v median +0:37
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 4:41v median +0:16
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Block 03 10:22Running 3 4:50v median +0:04
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Block 04 11:42Running 4 4:51v median +0:02
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:07v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 5:03v median +0:11
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Block 07 10:36Running 7 4:58v median +0:06
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Block 08 23:34Running 8 6:02v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:34
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.