The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:54 at London Excel 2025 put Geoff Gilbert 2,172nd of 2,771 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:59. A harder second half: 2:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 1:33.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:04Running 1 3:07v median −0:08
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 3:44v median −0:04
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Block 03 11:21Running 3 3:58v median −0:02
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Block 04 11:37Running 4 4:14v median +0:11
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 4:18v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 4:15v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:39Running 7 4:27v median +0:21
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Block 08 16:37Running 8 6:11v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:02
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.