The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Polydefkis Gkagkos finished 1,638th of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:26:01.
The stations carried this race: faster than 58% of the field across all eight, against 28% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:27 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:32 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 7:42Running 1 3:06v median −0:05
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Block 02 6:20Running 2 4:08v median +0:23
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Block 03 9:07Running 3 4:37v median +0:38
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Block 04 9:11Running 4 4:30v median +0:29
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 4:39v median +0:31
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Block 06 6:02Running 6 4:30v median +0:27
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Block 07 11:22Running 7 4:49v median +0:44
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Block 08 13:38Running 8 6:18v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:28
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.