The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:28 at London Excel 2025 put Vishal Shah 1,756th of 2,779 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:56 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:27Running 1 3:23v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:01Running 2 3:44v median −0:01
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Block 03 8:58Running 3 3:58v median −0:01
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Block 04 9:52Running 4 3:57v median −0:04
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Block 05 8:59Running 5 4:01v median −0:07
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Block 06 5:28Running 6 4:01v median −0:02
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Block 07 14:04Running 7 4:02v median −0:03
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Block 08 13:16Running 8 5:22v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:32
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.