The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Croucher finished in the top 10% of the field at London Excel 2025, in 1:07:41 for 241st of 2,771 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:45 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:43 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 8:57, was faster than 95% of the field.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:33 faster than the average race this season, by 3,460 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:16Running 1 2:46v median −0:29
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Block 02 5:35Running 2 3:20v median −0:28
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Block 03 7:11Running 3 3:30v median −0:30
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Block 04 7:38Running 4 3:32v median −0:31
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Block 05 7:51Running 5 3:34v median −0:36
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Block 06 5:16Running 6 3:34v median −0:32
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Block 07 6:57Running 7 3:29v median −0:37
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 4:56v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:57
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.