The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Wood finished 2,382nd of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:41:07.
Legs and stations told different stories: 32% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 9:30. The race faded late: the second half went 7:16 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 8:05Running 1 3:15v median +0:04
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 4:07v median +0:22
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 4:21v median +0:22
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 4:34v median +0:33
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Block 05 9:56Running 5 4:35v median +0:27
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Block 06 6:25Running 6 4:25v median +0:22
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Block 07 10:26Running 7 4:20v median +0:15
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Block 08 23:13Running 8 6:30v median +0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:25
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.