The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:46:09 at London Excel 2025 put Alexandra Hands 1,041st of 1,379 women in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:45 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 2:56 faster at London Excel 2025 than at Barcelona 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:23Running 1 3:28v median −0:12
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 4:12v median −0:11
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Block 03 10:59Running 3 4:34v median −0:01
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Block 04 14:54Running 4 4:42v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 4:38v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 4:51v median +0:11
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Block 07 14:55Running 7 5:03v median +0:23
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Block 08 17:03Running 8 7:58v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:45
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.