The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ian Upcott finished in the top 10% of the field at London Excel 2025, in 1:05:21 for 141st of 2,771 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:19 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:17 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 9:32, was faster than 89% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 1:33.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:22Running 1 2:42v median −0:33
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Block 02 5:03Running 2 3:06v median −0:42
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Block 03 7:01Running 3 3:18v median −0:42
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Block 04 6:31Running 4 3:17v median −0:46
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Block 05 7:53Running 5 3:21v median −0:49
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Block 06 4:58Running 6 3:15v median −0:51
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Block 07 6:51Running 7 3:21v median −0:45
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Block 08 10:19Running 8 5:03v median −0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:32
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 2761
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 2,761 men who finished.