The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for James Francis at London Excel 2025: 1:04:19, 124th of 2,779 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:09 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:00 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 9:13, was faster than 91% of the field.
Athletes who raced both London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2025 were 3:02 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:58Running 1 2:32v median −0:39
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Block 02 5:23Running 2 3:06v median −0:39
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Block 03 7:14Running 3 3:20v median −0:39
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Block 04 6:33Running 4 3:17v median −0:44
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Block 05 7:43Running 5 3:23v median −0:45
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Block 06 5:01Running 6 3:24v median −0:39
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Block 07 7:12Running 7 3:31v median −0:34
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Block 08 9:11Running 8 5:07v median −0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:13
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 2777
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 2,777 men who finished.