The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:51:22 at London Excel 2025 put Luke Smith 2,598th of 2,779 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:38 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 18:01 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
The field ran 3:02 faster at London Excel 2025 than at Birmingham 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:39Running 1 3:43v median +0:32
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 5:06v median +1:21
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 5:27v median +1:28
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Block 04 13:20Running 4 5:34v median +1:33
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Block 05 11:38Running 5 5:51v median +1:43
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 5:40v median +1:37
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Block 07 15:23Running 7 5:39v median +1:34
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Block 08 16:50Running 8 8:37v median +2:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:01
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.