The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Samuels finished 2,764th of 2,771 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 2:37:04.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 35:29 behind the median. A harder second half: 31:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 16:11 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
The field ran 4:09 faster at London Excel 2025 than at Barcelona 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 3:46v median +0:31
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Block 02 10:44Running 2 4:31v median +0:43
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Block 03 13:45Running 3 4:45v median +0:45
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Block 04 18:42Running 4 4:44v median +0:41
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 4:54v median +0:44
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 4:42v median +0:36
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Block 07 19:05Running 7 4:53v median +0:47
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Block 08 50:30Running 8 7:34v median +1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:11
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.