The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:28:18 at London Excel 2025 put Paul Kingsfords 2,758th of 2,771 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 12:30 behind the median. A harder second half: 9:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 19:31 in the roxzone was slower than 98% of the field.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 1:33 faster than the average race this season, by 3,460 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:10Running 1 4:30v median +1:15
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Block 02 10:46Running 2 6:19v median +2:31
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Block 03 13:44Running 3 6:25v median +2:25
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Block 04 22:06Running 4 6:41v median +2:38
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Block 05 12:46Running 5 6:55v median +2:45
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 6:53v median +2:47
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Block 07 24:44Running 7 7:01v median +2:55
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Block 08 25:07Running 8 12:21v median +6:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:31
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.