The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Carpenter & Stacey Thripp finished in the top 10% of the field at London Excel 2025, in 1:00:05 for 180th of 2,102 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 68% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:35 on the median. Quick through the roxzone: 8:46, ahead of 95% of the field.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 2:20 faster than the average race this season, by 2,632 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:47Running 1 2:48v median −0:33
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Block 02 4:42Running 2 3:04v median −0:45
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Block 03 6:33Running 3 3:07v median −0:53
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Block 04 5:53Running 4 3:09v median −0:54
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Block 05 7:40Running 5 3:17v median −0:52
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Block 06 4:43Running 6 3:12v median −0:54
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Block 07 6:08Running 7 3:12v median −0:55
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Block 08 9:01Running 8 4:21v median −1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:46
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 2098
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 2,098 men's teams who finished.