The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Burden finished 1,546th of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:24:42.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:54 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London Excel ran fast: the 3,460 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:33 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:39Running 1 3:10v median −0:01
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Block 02 6:03Running 2 3:41v median −0:04
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Block 03 8:31Running 3 4:08v median +0:09
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Block 04 10:26Running 4 4:15v median +0:14
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Block 05 9:07Running 5 4:24v median +0:16
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:42v median +0:39
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Block 07 10:34Running 7 4:34v median +0:29
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Block 08 14:14Running 8 6:22v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:36
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 2777
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 2,777 men who finished.