The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at London Excel 2025, Charlie Lyall crossed the line in 1:20:18: 1,137th of 2,771 men, faster than 59% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 72% of the field across all eight, against 41% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:07 on the median. A harder second half: 1:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:18Running 1 3:35v median +0:20
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 3:52v median +0:04
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Block 03 8:19Running 3 4:03v median +0:03
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Block 04 8:33Running 4 4:07v median +0:04
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Block 05 9:05Running 5 4:19v median +0:09
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 4:22v median +0:16
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Block 07 9:19Running 7 4:24v median +0:18
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Block 08 12:39Running 8 6:14v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:20
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.