The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:06:21 at London 2024 put Ben Balfour 1,587th of 1,637 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:39 slower than the median. A harder second half: 7:58 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:20 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 11:34Running 1 6:55v median +1:06
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Block 02 9:27Running 2 5:22v median +0:57
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Block 03 14:27Running 3 5:48v median +1:02
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Block 04 17:35Running 4 7:09v median +2:20
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Block 05 13:55Running 5 8:30v median +3:29
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Block 06 10:49Running 6 7:27v median +2:35
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Block 07 16:37Running 7 6:54v median +2:02
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Block 08 19:44Running 8 9:46v median +4:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:20
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.