The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Chay Garside at London Excel 2025: 1:07:36, 280th of 2,779 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 97% of the field across all eight, against 61% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:35 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 3:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both London Excel 2025 and London 2025 were 1:42 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 7:00Running 1 2:37v median −0:34
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Block 02 5:33Running 2 3:02v median −0:43
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Block 03 6:26Running 3 3:12v median −0:47
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Block 04 6:23Running 4 3:13v median −0:48
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Block 05 7:51Running 5 3:23v median −0:45
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Block 06 4:48Running 6 3:16v median −0:47
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Block 07 6:48Running 7 3:24v median −0:41
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Block 08 14:18Running 8 9:40v median +3:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:38
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.