The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at London Excel 2025, Sam Murphy & Naomi Smith crossed the line in 1:18:07: 681st of 1,474 mixed teams, faster than 54% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 82% of the field beaten on the stations, against 34% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 0:58 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London Excel gained about 1:45.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:48Running 1 3:19v median −0:20
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 4:24v median +0:10
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Block 03 8:37Running 3 4:45v median +0:19
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Block 04 7:28Running 4 4:45v median +0:17
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 4:50v median +0:17
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 5:02v median +0:31
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Block 07 8:31Running 7 5:22v median +0:50
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Block 08 11:22Running 8 7:05v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:05
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 1473
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,473 mixed teams who finished.