The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Byng finished 2,738th of 2,771 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 2:17:00.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:08 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 18:41 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 1:33.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:30Running 1 4:36v median +1:21
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Block 02 9:09Running 2 5:46v median +1:58
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Block 03 11:44Running 3 5:58v median +1:58
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Block 04 19:37Running 4 6:12v median +2:09
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Block 05 12:24Running 5 6:22v median +2:12
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:16v median +2:10
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Block 07 19:57Running 7 6:43v median +2:37
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Block 08 26:19Running 8 9:44v median +3:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:41
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.