The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Elliot Das Gupta & John Das Gupta at London Excel 2025: 1:00:32, 200th of 2,102 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 74% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:41 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 8:54, ahead of 93% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 2:20.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:19Running 1 2:56v median −0:25
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Block 02 4:55Running 2 3:13v median −0:36
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Block 03 6:19Running 3 3:16v median −0:44
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Block 04 5:56Running 4 3:16v median −0:47
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Block 05 7:39Running 5 3:19v median −0:50
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Block 06 4:42Running 6 3:18v median −0:48
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Block 07 6:28Running 7 3:19v median −0:48
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Block 08 8:28Running 8 4:22v median −1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:54
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.