The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Hardy finished 1,678th of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:26:34.
The stations carried this race: faster than 53% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:11 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:33 faster than the average race this season, by 3,460 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:00Running 1 3:17v median +0:06
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Block 02 5:58Running 2 3:49v median +0:04
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Block 03 8:12Running 3 4:32v median +0:33
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 4:31v median +0:30
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Block 05 9:40Running 5 4:48v median +0:40
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Block 06 6:33Running 6 4:40v median +0:37
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Block 07 10:05Running 7 4:46v median +0:41
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Block 08 14:42Running 8 6:59v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:23
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.