The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Archie Robertson-Smith finished 1,808th of 1,865 men in the Open division at London 2023, in 2:05:43.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 9:47 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:21 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
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 9:32Running 1 4:38v median +0:40
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Block 02 10:30Running 2 6:04v median +1:05
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Block 03 17:56Running 3 6:25v median +0:59
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Block 04 13:58Running 4 6:22v median +0:54
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Block 05 12:27Running 5 6:37v median +0:58
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Block 06 10:48Running 6 6:22v median +0:53
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Block 07 21:29Running 7 6:26v median +0:58
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Block 08 18:52Running 8 7:57v median +2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:21
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.