The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Lang & James Lang finished in the top 10% of the field at London Excel 2025, in 55:27 for 22nd of 2,102 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:10 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:10 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 8:04, ahead of 99% of the field.
London Excel ran fast: the 2,632 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:20 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:37Running 1 2:37v median −0:44
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Block 02 4:23Running 2 2:56v median −0:53
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Block 03 6:00Running 3 3:00v median −1:00
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Block 04 5:02Running 4 2:55v median −1:08
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Block 05 7:15Running 5 3:01v median −1:08
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Block 06 4:22Running 6 3:00v median −1:06
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Block 07 5:30Running 7 3:09v median −0:58
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Block 08 8:22Running 8 4:17v median −1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:04
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 2098
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 2,098 men's teams who finished.