The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Bending finished 1,600th of 1,637 men in the Open division at London 2024, in 2:10:01.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:09 behind the median. A harder second half: 10:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:47, behind 93% of the field.
This was a slow day in London. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:32. 19:02 faster than at Manchester 2024, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:07Running 1 7:19v median +1:30
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Block 02 9:59Running 2 6:08v median +1:43
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Block 03 13:04Running 3 7:06v median +2:20
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Block 04 18:51Running 4 7:19v median +2:30
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Block 05 13:53Running 5 8:22v median +3:21
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Block 06 9:50Running 6 7:11v median +2:19
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Block 07 19:26Running 7 7:13v median +2:21
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Block 08 21:11Running 8 10:08v median +4:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:47
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.