The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:09:33 at London Excel 2025 put Jonathan Butler 399th of 2,779 men in the Open division, ahead of 86% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 68% on the stations. A harder second half: 2:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 9:02, was faster than 93% 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 7:01Running 1 2:38v median −0:33
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Block 02 4:37Running 2 2:55v median −0:50
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Block 03 7:29Running 3 3:21v median −0:38
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Block 04 7:46Running 4 3:14v median −0:47
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Block 05 7:51Running 5 3:23v median −0:45
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Block 06 5:20Running 6 3:17v median −0:46
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Block 07 7:21Running 7 3:08v median −0:57
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Block 08 13:16Running 8 4:31v median −1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:02
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.