The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hedley Phillips finished 1,320th of 1,637 men in the Open division at London 2024, in 1:40:38.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:04 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:49 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 10:57Running 1 6:09v median +0:20
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 4:31v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 4:54v median +0:08
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Block 04 15:25Running 4 5:01v median +0:12
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:22v median +0:21
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 5:11v median +0:19
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Block 07 10:58Running 7 5:06v median +0:14
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Block 08 18:11Running 8 6:24v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:23
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.