The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:18 at London Excel 2025 put John Kavanagh 2,326th of 2,779 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 5:37 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:13 better 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 7:33Running 1 2:59v median −0:12
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 3:43v median −0:02
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Block 03 11:41Running 3 4:15v median +0:16
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Block 04 15:08Running 4 4:04v median +0:03
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 4:22v median +0:14
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Block 06 6:18Running 6 3:59v median −0:04
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Block 07 10:40Running 7 4:25v median +0:20
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Block 08 19:06Running 8 6:32v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:21
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.