The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emily Ford finished 959th of 1,379 women in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:42:13.
The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 15% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:17 on the median. A harder second half: 4:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:56 faster than the average race this season, by 1,642 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:41Running 1 4:05v median +0:25
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Block 02 8:20Running 2 5:27v median +1:04
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Block 03 10:39Running 3 5:21v median +0:46
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Block 04 11:20Running 4 5:38v median +0:59
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 5:51v median +1:07
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:00v median +1:20
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Block 07 10:47Running 7 5:53v median +1:13
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Block 08 16:29Running 8 8:38v median +1:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:04
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1374
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,374 women who finished.