The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:23 at London Excel 2025 put Ben Nicholl 1,860th of 2,771 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:48. A harder second half: 2:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 1:33.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:48Running 1 3:09v median −0:06
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 3:41v median −0:07
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 3:52v median −0:08
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Block 04 11:12Running 4 4:06v median +0:03
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Block 05 9:18Running 5 4:23v median +0:13
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Block 06 6:48Running 6 4:30v median +0:24
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Block 07 10:12Running 7 4:22v median +0:16
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Block 08 16:25Running 8 6:10v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:07
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 2761
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 2,761 men who finished.