The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Mathew Pears at London Excel 2025: 1:06:42, 230th of 2,779 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:19 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:57 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 9:18, was faster than 90% of the field.
The field ran 4:02 faster at London Excel 2025 than at Cardiff 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:58Running 1 2:38v median −0:33
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Block 02 5:37Running 2 3:04v median −0:41
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Block 03 8:20Running 3 3:27v median −0:32
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Block 04 6:54Running 4 3:24v median −0:37
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Block 05 8:00Running 5 3:31v median −0:37
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Block 06 5:02Running 6 3:27v median −0:36
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Block 07 6:52Running 7 3:24v median −0:41
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Block 08 9:51Running 8 4:57v median −0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:18
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.