The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:50 at London Excel 2025 put Ross Howie 2,313th of 2,779 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 33% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 10% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:59. A harder second half: 8:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
London Excel ran fast: the 3,460 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:33 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:22Running 1 3:30v median +0:19
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Block 02 6:45Running 2 3:54v median +0:09
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 4:13v median +0:14
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Block 04 12:01Running 4 4:24v median +0:23
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 4:38v median +0:30
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Block 06 6:51Running 6 4:28v median +0:25
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Block 07 10:45Running 7 4:33v median +0:28
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Block 08 22:24Running 8 6:12v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:19
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.