The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Baker finished 1,989th of 2,771 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:33:08.
The runs carried this race: faster than 48% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:33. The race faded late: the second half went 3:22 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:33 faster than the average race this season, by 3,460 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 3:19v median +0:04
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 3:42v median −0:06
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Block 03 10:20Running 3 3:54v median −0:06
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 4:06v median +0:03
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Block 05 9:37Running 5 4:13v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 4:13v median +0:07
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Block 07 10:28Running 7 4:21v median +0:15
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Block 08 18:00Running 8 6:00v median +0:05
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.