The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at London Excel 2025, Ben Smith & Sophie Field crossed the line in 1:18:32: 641st of 1,372 mixed teams, faster than 53% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 82% of the field beaten on the stations, against 34% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:13 ahead of the median.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:45 faster than the average race this season, by 1,634 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:23Running 1 3:50v median +0:06
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 4:51v median +0:34
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Block 03 8:25Running 3 4:54v median +0:27
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Block 04 7:17Running 4 4:47v median +0:16
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Block 05 9:15Running 5 4:45v median +0:10
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Block 06 6:13Running 6 4:50v median +0:17
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Block 07 8:44Running 7 5:02v median +0:28
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Block 08 11:15Running 8 6:51v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:10
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 1370
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,370 mixed teams who finished.