The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at London Excel 2025, Andrew Somers & Ellie Gibbon crossed the line in 1:11:35: 306th of 1,372 mixed teams, faster than 78% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 88% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 43% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:34 behind the median. Time in the roxzone, 9:57, was faster than 90% of the field.
London Excel ran fast: the 1,634 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:45 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:09Running 1 3:20v median −0:24
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Block 02 5:47Running 2 3:37v median −0:40
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Block 03 7:38Running 3 3:36v median −0:51
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Block 04 7:30Running 4 3:31v median −1:00
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Block 05 8:37Running 5 3:39v median −0:56
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Block 06 5:38Running 6 3:48v median −0:45
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Block 07 8:21Running 7 3:46v median −0:48
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Block 08 10:07Running 8 5:25v median −0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:57
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.