The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Howard finished 1,583rd of 2,771 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:26:03.
A station race more than a running one: 64% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:25 on the median.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:33 faster than the average race this season, by 3,460 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 3:44v median +0:29
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 4:24v median +0:36
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 4:35v median +0:35
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Block 04 8:37Running 4 4:29v median +0:26
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Block 05 9:19Running 5 4:29v median +0:19
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Block 06 6:14Running 6 4:17v median +0:11
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Block 07 8:43Running 7 4:28v median +0:22
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Block 08 14:40Running 8 6:53v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:22
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.