The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dave Bowden finished 1,750th of 2,771 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:28:31.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:48. The race faded late: the second half went 7:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London Excel ran fast: the 3,460 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:33 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:04Running 1 2:49v median −0:26
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Block 02 6:28Running 2 3:20v median −0:28
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Block 03 9:38Running 3 3:50v median −0:10
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Block 04 8:40Running 4 3:43v median −0:20
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Block 05 9:03Running 5 3:51v median −0:19
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 4:01v median −0:05
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Block 07 11:36Running 7 4:02v median −0:04
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Block 08 16:11Running 8 5:56v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:47
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.