The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Winter & Michael Purdie finished in the top 10% of the field at London Excel 2025, in 59:07 for 126th of 1,815 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:56 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:16 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 8:56, was faster than 90% of the field.
London Excel ran fast: the 2,632 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:20 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:58Running 1 2:47v median −0:29
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Block 02 4:48Running 2 3:13v median −0:33
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Block 03 6:14Running 3 3:13v median −0:47
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Block 04 6:10Running 4 3:19v median −0:44
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Block 05 7:29Running 5 3:17v median −0:50
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Block 06 4:34Running 6 3:15v median −0:50
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Block 07 5:54Running 7 3:18v median −0:49
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Block 08 8:12Running 8 4:30v median −1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:56
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1813
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,813 men's teams who finished.