The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Robert Merrills at London Excel 2025: 1:08:05, 261st of 2,771 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:30 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:19 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 9:27, was faster than 90% of the field.
London Excel ran fast: the 3,460 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:33 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:22Running 1 2:46v median −0:29
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Block 02 5:38Running 2 3:14v median −0:34
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Block 03 6:59Running 3 3:25v median −0:35
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Block 04 7:38Running 4 3:23v median −0:40
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Block 05 7:58Running 5 3:32v median −0:38
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Block 06 5:10Running 6 3:30v median −0:36
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Block 07 8:06Running 7 3:34v median −0:32
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Block 08 9:56Running 8 4:59v median −0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:27
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.