The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tessa Rees finished 574th of 1,542 women in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:25:10, faster than 63% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 81% of the field beaten on the runs, 44% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 0:59. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:20 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:03Running 1 3:24v median −0:13
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 3:56v median −0:21
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 3:58v median −0:27
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Block 04 11:34Running 4 4:07v median −0:24
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 3:56v median −0:40
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 3:51v median −0:41
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Block 07 9:02Running 7 3:54v median −0:38
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Block 08 11:25Running 8 5:31v median −0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:37
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.