The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:19 at London Excel 2025 put Matthew Lowe 1,599th of 2,771 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 62% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 27% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:50 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 3:02 faster at London Excel 2025 than at Birmingham 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:41Running 1 2:49v median −0:26
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Block 02 6:19Running 2 3:24v median −0:24
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Block 03 9:11Running 3 3:40v median −0:20
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Block 04 8:59Running 4 3:48v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:00Running 5 3:59v median −0:11
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Block 06 6:19Running 6 3:56v median −0:10
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Block 07 13:19Running 7 4:16v median +0:10
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Block 08 14:38Running 8 6:04v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:01
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.