The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Ryan Hand & Lucy Gornall at London Excel 2025: 1:05:56, 119th of 1,372 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 97% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 59% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:05 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 9:49, was faster than 91% of the field.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:45 faster than the average race this season, by 1,634 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:02Running 1 2:37v median −1:07
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Block 02 5:12Running 2 3:07v median −1:10
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Block 03 8:07Running 3 3:15v median −1:12
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Block 04 6:43Running 4 3:28v median −1:03
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Block 05 7:48Running 5 3:20v median −1:15
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Block 06 4:56Running 6 3:21v median −1:12
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Block 07 7:20Running 7 3:22v median −1:12
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Block 08 9:09Running 8 4:36v median −1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:49
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 1370
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,370 mixed teams who finished.