The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at London Excel 2025, john mcareavey crossed the line in 1:15:45: 781st of 2,771 men, faster than 72% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 92% of the field beaten on the stations, against 65% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 5:09 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:49 behind the median.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 1:33.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:06Running 1 3:09v median −0:06
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Block 02 5:43Running 2 3:39v median −0:09
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Block 03 7:59Running 3 3:55v median −0:05
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Block 04 7:49Running 4 3:59v median −0:04
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Block 05 8:44Running 5 3:54v median −0:16
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Block 06 5:31Running 6 3:49v median −0:17
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Block 07 3:54Running 7 3:50v median −0:16
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Block 08 13:31Running 8 5:15v median −0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:35
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.