The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ed Emmett took 2nd of 25 in the 45–49 age group at London Excel 2025, in 1:05:27.
A station race more than a running one: 90% of the field beaten on the stations, against 66% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:48 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:15 better against the middle of the field than the first.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:30 faster than the average race this season, by 604 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:54Running 1 2:43v median −0:04
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Block 02 6:02Running 2 3:09v median −0:08
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Block 03 7:54Running 3 3:14v median −0:16
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Block 04 6:32Running 4 3:13v median −0:20
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Block 05 7:29Running 5 3:20v median −0:17
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Block 06 5:02Running 6 3:22v median −0:12
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Block 07 7:08Running 7 3:24v median −0:13
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Block 08 9:42Running 8 4:56v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:51
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 462
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 462 men who finished.