The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:11 at London Excel 2025 put Andrew Downes 2,228th of 2,771 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:59. A harder second half: 3:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:03Running 1 3:12v median −0:03
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 4:00v median +0:12
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Block 03 10:24Running 3 4:33v median +0:33
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Block 04 12:18Running 4 4:30v median +0:27
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 4:39v median +0:29
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Block 06 6:37Running 6 4:38v median +0:32
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Block 07 13:37Running 7 4:25v median +0:19
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Block 08 17:07Running 8 6:43v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:09
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.