The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Smith finished 2,501st of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:45:35.
The stations carried this race: faster than 27% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 2:41 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2025 were 3:02 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:20Running 1 4:26v median +1:15
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 5:05v median +1:20
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 5:08v median +1:09
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Block 04 13:23Running 4 5:15v median +1:14
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:25v median +1:17
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:27v median +1:24
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Block 07 12:08Running 7 5:44v median +1:39
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Block 08 17:50Running 8 9:48v median +3:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:36
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.