The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lester Rich finished 2,747th of 2,771 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 2:22:17.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 10:50. The race faded late: the second half went 11:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 19:15, behind 97% of the field.
London Excel ran fast: the 3,460 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:33 quicker here than at their other races. An improvement of 12:36 on Toronto 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:32Running 1 5:00v median +1:45
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Block 02 10:29Running 2 6:21v median +2:33
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Block 03 14:34Running 3 6:43v median +2:43
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Block 04 17:51Running 4 7:00v median +2:57
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Block 05 13:12Running 5 6:59v median +2:49
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Block 06 10:03Running 6 7:02v median +2:56
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Block 07 23:21Running 7 7:18v median +3:12
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Block 08 23:09Running 8 10:39v median +4:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:15
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.