The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Casson finished 2,394th of 2,771 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:43:34.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:33 on the median. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:15. A harder second half: 10:58 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 9:02Running 1 3:57v median +0:42
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 4:35v median +0:47
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Block 03 10:52Running 3 4:58v median +0:58
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Block 04 9:12Running 4 5:12v median +1:09
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:16v median +1:06
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:01v median +0:55
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Block 07 15:30Running 7 5:02v median +0:56
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Block 08 18:58Running 8 8:40v median +2:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:31
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.