The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:46:08 at London Excel 2025 put Matthew Sales 2,456th of 2,771 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:07 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 15:02 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
London Excel ran fast: the 3,460 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:33 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:30Running 1 4:16v median +1:01
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 4:41v median +0:53
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 4:43v median +0:43
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Block 04 13:27Running 4 4:49v median +0:46
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 4:52v median +0:42
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Block 06 7:57Running 6 4:52v median +0:46
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Block 07 13:14Running 7 4:54v median +0:48
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Block 08 17:49Running 8 7:46v median +1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:02
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.