The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Botting finished 2,540th of 2,771 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:50:00.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:11 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:33 faster than the average race this season, by 3,460 athletes who raced both. 4:06 slower than at Berlin 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:35Running 1 3:36v median +0:21
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 4:35v median +0:47
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Block 03 11:07Running 3 4:56v median +0:56
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Block 04 14:38Running 4 5:01v median +0:58
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:14v median +1:04
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:13v median +1:07
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Block 07 16:38Running 7 5:14v median +1:08
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Block 08 18:15Running 8 7:50v median +1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:29
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.