The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:43 at London Excel 2025 put Luke Smith 2,169th of 2,771 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 42% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:36 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:59 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 1:33. 14:20 slower than at Mumbai 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:16Running 1 3:11v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:51Running 2 4:10v median +0:22
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Block 03 11:38Running 3 4:22v median +0:22
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Block 04 12:04Running 4 4:15v median +0:12
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:27v median +0:17
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Block 06 6:25Running 6 4:04v median −0:02
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Block 07 10:00Running 7 4:07v median +0:01
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Block 08 17:14Running 8 6:11v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:45
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.