The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Victoria Sumner finished 1,236th of 1,542 women in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:43:44.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 7:21 behind the median. A harder second half: 9:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:56 faster than the average race this season, by 1,642 athletes who raced both. 22:42 faster than at Paris 2024, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:49Running 1 3:55v median +0:18
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 4:29v median +0:12
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 4:43v median +0:18
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Block 04 11:48Running 4 4:43v median +0:12
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 4:44v median +0:08
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 4:43v median +0:11
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Block 07 10:49Running 7 5:00v median +0:28
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Block 08 21:20Running 8 7:23v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:06
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1539
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,539 women who finished.