The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Cowan finished 2,031st of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:31:56.
A station race more than a running one: 43% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:47 slower than the median. 14:58 in the roxzone was slower than 88% 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 8:30Running 1 3:39v median +0:28
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:06v median +0:21
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 4:28v median +0:29
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Block 04 12:00Running 4 4:46v median +0:45
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 4:44v median +0:36
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 4:39v median +0:36
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 4:54v median +0:49
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Block 08 13:24Running 8 6:51v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:58
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 2777
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 2,777 men who finished.