The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Wilcox finished 1,371st of 1,637 men in the Open division at London 2024, in 1:43:37.
The runs carried this race: faster than 35% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:28 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:28 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:36Running 1 5:57v median +0:08
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Block 02 8:03Running 2 4:26v median +0:01
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Block 03 11:49Running 3 4:49v median +0:03
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Block 04 15:04Running 4 5:08v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 5:30v median +0:29
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 5:16v median +0:24
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Block 07 10:54Running 7 5:06v median +0:14
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Block 08 18:42Running 8 6:31v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:03
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.