The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:15 at London Excel 2025 put Joshua Bird 1,202nd of 2,771 men in the Open division, ahead of 57% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 46% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:01 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:47Running 1 3:04v median −0:11
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Block 02 6:03Running 2 3:43v median −0:05
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Block 03 8:42Running 3 3:51v median −0:09
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Block 04 9:04Running 4 3:49v median −0:14
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Block 05 8:23Running 5 3:41v median −0:29
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 3:48v median −0:18
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Block 07 10:01Running 7 3:47v median −0:19
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Block 08 13:17Running 8 5:09v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:29
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.