The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rebecca Spittal finished 1,170th of 1,379 women in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:54:42.
Legs and stations told different stories: 29% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 6:37 slower than the median. A harder second half: 8:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:56 faster than the average race this season, by 1,645 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:36Running 1 4:02v median +0:22
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 4:51v median +0:28
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 5:03v median +0:28
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Block 04 14:45Running 4 4:57v median +0:18
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 5:23v median +0:39
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:06v median +0:26
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Block 07 16:59Running 7 5:15v median +0:35
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Block 08 18:54Running 8 7:39v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:39
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1374
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,374 women who finished.