The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Walsh finished 998th of 2,771 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:18:25, faster than 64% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 74% of the field beaten on the runs, 50% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:36 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:23 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:51Running 1 3:13v median −0:02
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 3:29v median −0:19
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Block 03 8:42Running 3 3:32v median −0:28
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Block 04 9:28Running 4 3:27v median −0:36
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Block 05 8:43Running 5 3:53v median −0:17
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Block 06 5:18Running 6 3:44v median −0:22
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Block 07 9:25Running 7 3:46v median −0:20
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Block 08 12:09Running 8 5:18v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:06
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 2761
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 2,761 men who finished.