The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Needham finished 2,284th of 2,771 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:39:49.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:46 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:33 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 8:31Running 1 3:27v median +0:12
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 4:18v median +0:30
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 4:26v median +0:26
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 4:24v median +0:21
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Block 05 9:59Running 5 4:40v median +0:30
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 4:50v median +0:44
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Block 07 13:42Running 7 4:43v median +0:37
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Block 08 16:15Running 8 7:07v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:57
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.