The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:46 at London Excel 2025 put Joseph Widdowson 1,011th of 2,779 men in the Open division, ahead of 64% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 84% of the field beaten on the runs, 47% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:13 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 1:33.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:14Running 1 2:42v median −0:29
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Block 02 5:14Running 2 3:15v median −0:30
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Block 03 8:29Running 3 3:27v median −0:32
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 3:31v median −0:30
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Block 05 8:33Running 5 3:33v median −0:35
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Block 06 5:03Running 6 3:25v median −0:38
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Block 07 9:27Running 7 3:51v median −0:14
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Block 08 13:15Running 8 4:49v median −1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:13
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 2777
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 2,777 men who finished.