The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Helen Charnock finished 1,486th of 1,542 women in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 2:06:35.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:38 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 19:43 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
The field ran 3:56 faster at London Excel 2025 than at Oslo 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:25Running 1 4:20v median +0:43
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 5:24v median +1:07
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Block 03 15:04Running 3 6:04v median +1:39
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Block 04 14:44Running 4 6:38v median +2:07
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Block 05 12:55Running 5 6:21v median +1:45
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Block 06 9:32Running 6 6:20v median +1:48
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Block 07 15:38Running 7 7:04v median +2:32
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Block 08 20:48Running 8 10:38v median +4:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:43
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.