The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Shepley finished 2,537th of 2,771 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:49:43.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:06 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 15:59 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
The field ran 1:16 faster at London Excel 2025 than at Gdansk 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:13Running 1 4:05v median +0:50
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 4:46v median +0:58
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 4:54v median +0:54
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Block 04 14:22Running 4 5:05v median +1:02
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:23v median +1:13
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Block 06 7:46Running 6 5:14v median +1:08
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Block 07 16:35Running 7 5:16v median +1:10
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Block 08 17:42Running 8 7:47v median +1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:59
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.