The race, in three figures
The race, in words
emily cook & Angus Cook finished in the top 10% of the field at London Excel 2025, in 59:14 for 22nd of 1,372 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:21 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:07 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 8:30, ahead of 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 1:45.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:07Running 1 2:50v median −0:54
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Block 02 5:00Running 2 3:11v median −1:06
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Block 03 6:13Running 3 3:14v median −1:13
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Block 04 6:04Running 4 3:17v median −1:14
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Block 05 7:44Running 5 3:18v median −1:17
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Block 06 4:47Running 6 3:17v median −1:16
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Block 07 5:58Running 7 3:18v median −1:16
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Block 08 7:59Running 8 4:22v median −1:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:30
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 1370
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,370 mixed teams who finished.