The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Midgley finished 2,480th of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:45:02.
The stations carried this race: faster than 30% of the field across all eight, against 3% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:03 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:09 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 8:51Running 1 3:58v median +0:47
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 4:41v median +0:56
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Block 03 11:30Running 3 4:53v median +0:54
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 5:12v median +1:11
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Block 05 12:14Running 5 7:09v median +3:01
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:31v median +1:28
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Block 07 10:28Running 7 5:15v median +1:10
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Block 08 21:23Running 8 11:07v median +5:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:24
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.