The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Adam Lyons finished 2,270th of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:37:35.
The stations carried this race: faster than 34% of the field across all eight, against 12% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:24 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:44 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:04Running 1 3:28v median +0:17
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 4:00v median +0:15
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Block 03 10:36Running 3 4:49v median +0:50
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 4:45v median +0:44
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:08v median +1:00
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 4:58v median +0:55
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Block 07 12:21Running 7 4:51v median +0:46
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Block 08 17:01Running 8 9:09v median +3:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:25
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.