The race, in three figures
The race, in words
richard holden finished 2,514th of 2,779 men in the Open division at London Excel 2025, in 1:46:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 9:17. The race faded late: the second half went 6:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both London Excel 2025 and Cardiff 2025 were 4:02 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 8:53Running 1 3:30v median +0:19
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 4:03v median +0:18
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Block 03 11:31Running 3 4:16v median +0:17
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Block 04 13:28Running 4 4:19v median +0:18
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 4:19v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 4:17v median +0:14
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Block 07 12:09Running 7 4:23v median +0:18
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Block 08 23:01Running 8 6:31v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:49
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.