The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Matthew Birch at London Excel 2025: 1:07:21, 263rd of 2,779 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:38 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:54 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 9:37, was faster than 85% of the field.
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 8:02Running 1 3:07v median −0:04
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Block 02 6:03Running 2 3:35v median −0:10
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Block 03 7:09Running 3 3:30v median −0:29
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Block 04 7:12Running 4 3:33v median −0:28
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Block 05 8:15Running 5 3:36v median −0:32
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Block 06 5:06Running 6 3:30v median −0:33
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Block 07 6:38Running 7 3:19v median −0:46
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Block 08 9:29Running 8 4:54v median −1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:37
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.