The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:43 at London Excel 2025 put Paul Dowling & Emily Lankester 698th of 1,372 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 77% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:00 on 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 8:46Running 1 4:03v median +0:19
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Block 02 6:46Running 2 4:39v median +0:22
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Block 03 8:12Running 3 4:47v median +0:20
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Block 04 7:33Running 4 4:50v median +0:19
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 4:55v median +0:20
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Block 06 6:43Running 6 5:00v median +0:27
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Block 07 8:21Running 7 5:04v median +0:30
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Block 08 11:43Running 8 6:54v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:20
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.