The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:50 at London Excel 2025 put helen seward 373rd of 1,542 women in the Open division, ahead of 76% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 93% of the field beaten on the stations, against 60% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:53 on the median. A harder second half: 1:38 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 1:56.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 3:56v median +0:19
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Block 02 6:12Running 2 4:07v median −0:10
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Block 03 8:52Running 3 4:12v median −0:13
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Block 04 7:47Running 4 4:12v median −0:19
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Block 05 9:54Running 5 4:33v median −0:03
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Block 06 6:05Running 6 4:19v median −0:13
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Block 07 8:23Running 7 4:20v median −0:12
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Block 08 11:06Running 8 5:56v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:12
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1539
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,539 women who finished.