The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:30 at London Excel 2025 put Ben Simpson 1,389th of 2,771 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 70% of the field beaten on the runs, 36% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:22.
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 7:43Running 1 3:00v median −0:15
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Block 02 5:50Running 2 3:26v median −0:22
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Block 03 8:37Running 3 3:45v median −0:15
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Block 04 11:36Running 4 3:41v median −0:22
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Block 05 8:54Running 5 3:55v median −0:15
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Block 06 5:29Running 6 3:44v median −0:22
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 3:40v median −0:26
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Block 08 14:18Running 8 5:37v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:17
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.