The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:38 at London 2023 put Edward Groves 1,178th of 1,865 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 22% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:09. A harder second half: 1:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London ran fast: the 1,114 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:18 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:24Running 1 3:30v median −0:28
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 4:23v median −0:36
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Block 03 11:30Running 3 5:20v median −0:06
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Block 04 11:39Running 4 5:18v median −0:10
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:20v median −0:19
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:20v median −0:09
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Block 07 10:39Running 7 5:20v median −0:08
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Block 08 15:45Running 8 6:01v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:39
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.