The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at London Excel 2025, Ruairi O'Neill & Pat Martin crossed the line in 1:01:24: 248th of 2,102 men's teams, faster than 88% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 94% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 72% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:11 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 9:23, ahead of 85% of the field.
London Excel ran fast: the 2,632 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:20 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:51Running 1 2:44v median −0:37
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Block 02 4:54Running 2 3:03v median −0:46
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Block 03 6:24Running 3 3:21v median −0:39
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Block 04 6:13Running 4 3:21v median −0:42
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Block 05 7:56Running 5 3:21v median −0:48
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Block 06 4:33Running 6 3:14v median −0:52
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Block 07 6:34Running 7 3:31v median −0:36
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Block 08 8:45Running 8 4:35v median −1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:23
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.