The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:25 at London Excel 2025 put John Paul Collier 1,602nd of 2,779 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 52% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 32% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:16 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 3:02 faster at London Excel 2025 than at Birmingham 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:58Running 1 3:01v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:01Running 2 3:39v median −0:06
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Block 03 9:20Running 3 3:55v median −0:04
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Block 04 9:30Running 4 3:56v median −0:05
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:05v median −0:03
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Block 06 6:42Running 6 4:08v median +0:05
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Block 07 10:28Running 7 4:06v median +0:01
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Block 08 14:21Running 8 6:09v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:03
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.