The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Holdaway finished 1,141st of 1,865 men in the Open division at London 2023, in 1:29:49.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:03 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London gave the field time back: about 1:18 faster than the average race this season, by 1,114 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 4:18v median +0:20
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 5:21v median +0:22
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:21v median −0:05
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Block 04 11:44Running 4 5:41v median +0:13
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:53v median +0:14
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 5:40v median +0:11
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Block 07 12:42Running 7 6:23v median +0:55
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Block 08 14:17Running 8 7:01v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:34
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1836
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,836 men who finished.