The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:18 at London Excel 2025 put Ashley Parkes 1,587th of 2,779 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 63% of the field beaten on the runs, 32% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:27 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:59 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2025 were 3:02 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:05Running 1 3:10v median −0:01
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Block 02 6:26Running 2 3:34v median −0:11
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 3:38v median −0:21
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Block 04 9:33Running 4 3:34v median −0:27
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Block 05 9:00Running 5 4:05v median −0:03
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Block 06 6:09Running 6 4:03v median +0:00
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Block 07 11:30Running 7 3:57v median −0:08
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Block 08 13:27Running 8 5:29v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:17
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.