The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Neale finished 1,710th of 1,865 men in the Open division at London 2023, in 1:52:10.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 3% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 6:41. The race faded late: the second half went 7:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London gained about 1:18.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:48Running 1 3:48v median −0:10
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 5:02v median +0:03
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Block 03 14:33Running 3 5:54v median +0:28
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Block 04 14:01Running 4 5:29v median +0:01
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Block 05 11:25Running 5 5:55v median +0:16
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Block 06 9:58Running 6 5:44v median +0:15
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Block 07 17:56Running 7 5:59v median +0:31
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Block 08 18:38Running 8 6:42v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:07
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.