The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Katie Taylor finished 632nd of 1,542 women in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:26:41, faster than 59% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 82% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 43% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:41. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:03 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. An improvement of 8:16 on Auckland 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:08Running 1 2:58v median −0:39
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 3:35v median −0:42
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Block 03 8:52Running 3 3:44v median −0:41
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Block 04 12:57Running 4 3:48v median −0:43
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Block 05 9:36Running 5 4:09v median −0:27
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Block 06 5:49Running 6 4:04v median −0:28
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Block 07 9:18Running 7 4:07v median −0:25
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Block 08 12:32Running 8 5:54v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:15
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.