The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jessica Read finished 1,530th of 1,542 women in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 2:29:54.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 10:41 behind the median. A harder second half: 16:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 22:45 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:56 faster than the average race this season, by 1,642 athletes who raced both. That was 0:22 off the time at Paris 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:49Running 1 4:58v median +1:21
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Block 02 10:00Running 2 6:30v median +2:13
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Block 03 14:52Running 3 7:04v median +2:39
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Block 04 18:38Running 4 7:14v median +2:43
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Block 05 15:14Running 5 8:32v median +3:56
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Block 06 10:59Running 6 8:19v median +3:47
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Block 07 24:01Running 7 8:24v median +3:52
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Block 08 22:42Running 8 12:50v median +6:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 22:45
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.