The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ploynisa Gayle finished 1,075th of 1,379 women in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:48:02.
The stations carried this race: faster than 37% of the field across all eight, against 15% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:56. The race faded late: the second half went 7:45 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:56 faster than the average race this season, by 1,645 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:48Running 1 3:58v median +0:18
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 5:02v median +0:39
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Block 03 11:06Running 3 5:28v median +0:53
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Block 04 11:46Running 4 5:29v median +0:50
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Block 05 11:42Running 5 5:55v median +1:11
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Block 06 9:11Running 6 6:11v median +1:31
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Block 07 13:13Running 7 6:10v median +1:30
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Block 08 16:51Running 8 8:53v median +2:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:26
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.