The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:14 at London Excel 2025 put Ian Abercrombie 2,489th of 2,771 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:23 slower than the median. A harder second half: 6:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 15:20 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
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 9:28Running 1 4:00v median +0:45
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 4:39v median +0:51
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Block 03 10:45Running 3 4:56v median +0:56
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Block 04 12:01Running 4 5:07v median +1:04
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 5:11v median +1:01
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:06v median +1:00
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Block 07 14:15Running 7 5:39v median +1:33
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Block 08 18:25Running 8 7:55v median +2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:20
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.