The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at London Excel 2025, Chris Bird & Ben Pavey crossed the line in 1:07:08: 704th of 2,102 men's teams, faster than 67% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 84% of the field across all eight, against 59% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 0:52 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:15 better against the middle of the field than the first.
London Excel ran fast: the 2,632 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:20 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 3:18v median −0:03
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Block 02 5:14Running 2 3:52v median +0:03
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Block 03 7:08Running 3 4:00v median +0:00
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Block 04 6:16Running 4 3:58v median −0:05
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Block 05 8:22Running 5 4:04v median −0:05
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Block 06 5:11Running 6 3:48v median −0:18
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Block 07 7:10Running 7 3:54v median −0:13
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Block 08 9:15Running 8 5:12v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 2098
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 2,098 men's teams who finished.