The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mike O'Brien finished in the top 10% of the field at London Excel 2025, in 1:06:02 for 201st of 2,779 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:52 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:15 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 8:58, was faster than 94% of the field.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:33 faster than the average race this season, by 3,460 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:15Running 1 2:43v median −0:28
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Block 02 5:04Running 2 2:59v median −0:46
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Block 03 7:18Running 3 3:08v median −0:51
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Block 04 7:17Running 4 3:06v median −0:55
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Block 05 7:42Running 5 3:13v median −0:55
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Block 06 4:58Running 6 3:17v median −0:46
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Block 07 7:39Running 7 3:17v median −0:48
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Block 08 9:59Running 8 4:38v median −1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:58
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.