The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Mark Smith at London Excel 2025: 1:07:38, 282nd of 2,779 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:45 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:43 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 9:30, ahead of 87% of the field.
The field ran 3:36 faster at London Excel 2025 than at Madrid 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 2:57v median −0:14
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Block 02 6:18Running 2 3:25v median −0:20
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Block 03 7:40Running 3 3:33v median −0:26
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Block 04 7:04Running 4 3:33v median −0:28
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Block 05 7:57Running 5 3:33v median −0:35
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Block 06 4:56Running 6 3:31v median −0:32
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Block 07 7:49Running 7 3:37v median −0:28
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Block 08 9:10Running 8 4:42v median −1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:30
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.