The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:01:01 at London Excel 2025 put Neil Marsh 2,664th of 2,771 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 8:00 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:51 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 17:34 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
The field ran 3:32 faster at London Excel 2025 than at Glasgow 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:53Running 1 4:27v median +1:12
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Block 02 8:39Running 2 5:05v median +1:17
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Block 03 11:12Running 3 5:15v median +1:15
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Block 04 15:42Running 4 5:21v median +1:18
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Block 05 11:07Running 5 5:20v median +1:10
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 5:16v median +1:10
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Block 07 18:41Running 7 5:28v median +1:22
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Block 08 20:02Running 8 9:28v median +3:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:34
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.