The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Giovanni Mercoledisanto finished 1,637th of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:25:59.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 35% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:46 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:52 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 7:46Running 1 3:03v median −0:08
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Block 02 6:02Running 2 3:40v median −0:05
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 4:08v median +0:09
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Block 04 9:29Running 4 3:58v median −0:03
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 4:08v median +0:00
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Block 06 5:59Running 6 3:49v median −0:14
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 4:14v median +0:09
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Block 08 13:53Running 8 5:29v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:41
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.