The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Donnelly & Rachel Markham finished in the top 10% of the field at London Excel 2025, in 1:04:26 for 95th of 1,372 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:05 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:49 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 9:24, ahead of 94% of the field.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:45 faster than the average race this season, by 1,634 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:26Running 1 2:56v median −0:48
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Block 02 5:21Running 2 3:25v median −0:52
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Block 03 6:48Running 3 3:29v median −0:58
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Block 04 6:46Running 4 3:43v median −0:48
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Block 05 8:01Running 5 3:32v median −1:03
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Block 06 5:03Running 6 3:40v median −0:53
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Block 07 6:39Running 7 3:43v median −0:51
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Block 08 9:06Running 8 5:06v median −1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:24
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.