The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at London Excel 2025, Olivier Orban & Wessel Vermaas crossed the line in 1:08:10: 687th of 1,815 men's teams, faster than 62% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 73% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 43% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:10. The race faded late: the second half went 2:15 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London Excel gave the field time back: about 2:20 faster than the average race this season, by 2,632 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:15Running 1 3:09v median −0:07
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Block 02 5:07Running 2 3:27v median −0:19
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Block 03 6:48Running 3 3:33v median −0:27
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Block 04 6:40Running 4 3:42v median −0:21
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Block 05 8:02Running 5 3:41v median −0:26
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Block 06 5:22Running 6 3:43v median −0:22
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Block 07 6:51Running 7 3:42v median −0:25
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Block 08 12:02Running 8 5:18v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:12
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1813
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,813 men's teams who finished.