The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pierpaolo Lombardo finished 1,324th of 1,637 men in the Open division at London 2024, in 1:40:56.
The runs carried this race: faster than 39% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:01 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:28Running 1 5:51v median +0:02
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 4:33v median +0:08
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Block 03 12:07Running 3 5:04v median +0:18
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Block 04 11:39Running 4 5:04v median +0:15
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 4:40v median −0:21
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Block 06 8:47Running 6 5:12v median +0:20
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Block 07 14:13Running 7 5:08v median +0:16
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Block 08 15:26Running 8 6:28v median +0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:53
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.