The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Benson finished 2,424th of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:42:53.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:36 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:37Running 1 3:29v median +0:18
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 3:56v median +0:11
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Block 03 10:22Running 3 4:21v median +0:22
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Block 04 13:14Running 4 4:08v median +0:07
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 4:29v median +0:21
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 4:22v median +0:19
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Block 07 14:00Running 7 4:18v median +0:13
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Block 08 18:01Running 8 6:53v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:58
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.