The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Mensah finished 1,680th of 2,771 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:27:25.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 30% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:24. The race faded late: the second half went 4:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 1:33. 6:50 slower than at Vienna 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:13Running 1 3:11v median −0:04
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Block 02 6:46Running 2 3:36v median −0:12
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Block 03 8:32Running 3 3:41v median −0:19
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Block 04 9:12Running 4 3:46v median −0:17
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Block 05 9:06Running 5 3:58v median −0:12
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Block 06 6:20Running 6 3:50v median −0:16
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Block 07 9:50Running 7 3:57v median −0:09
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Block 08 16:15Running 8 5:24v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:20
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.